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Air Is Something Too is a free printable Grade 5 science worksheet on evidence that air and other gases are matter that takes up space, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 5-PS1-1. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Air Is Something Too

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1.A flat basketball is pumped up and gets bigger and firmer. Why?
  • A.The ball has warmed up
  • B.The rubber has grown
  • C.More air has been pushed inside it
2.Drops form on the outside of a cold glass of juice. Where did the water come from?
  • A.The glass made it
  • B.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass
  • C.The juice leaked through the glass
3.Why can you not see the air around you?
  • A.There is nothing there
  • B.It is made of pieces of matter too small to see
  • C.It is hidden by light
4.The blocked syringe can be pushed in a little way. What does that show?
  • A.The air inside can be squeezed into a smaller space
  • B.The air has disappeared
  • C.The plunger has shrunk
5.A cup is pushed upside down into water and a tissue inside it stays dry. Why?
  • A.Air trapped in the cup fills the space, so the water cannot get in
  • B.Tissue cannot get wet
  • C.The water is too cold
6.You blow through a straw into a glass of water. What are the bubbles?
  • A.Soap
  • B.Air from your lungs, pushed into the water
  • C.Water turning into steam
7.Which holds more matter: a flat soccer ball or the same soccer ball pumped hard?
  • A.The flat soccer ball
  • B.They hold exactly the same
  • C.The pumped soccer ball, because it holds more air
8.A syringe with its end blocked cannot be pushed all the way in. Why?
  • A.The air inside is matter, and it takes up space
  • B.The syringe is broken
  • C.Air pulls the plunger back by magic

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Answer key — Air Is Something Too

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.More air has been pushed inside it
  2. 2.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass
  3. 3.It is made of pieces of matter too small to see
  4. 4.The air inside can be squeezed into a smaller space
  5. 5.Air trapped in the cup fills the space, so the water cannot get in
  6. 6.Air from your lungs, pushed into the water
  7. 7.The pumped soccer ball, because it holds more air
  8. 8.The air inside is matter, and it takes up space

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5-PS1-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.