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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.Which holds more matter: a flat soccer ball or the same soccer ball pumped hard?
  • A.The flat soccer ball
  • B.The pumped soccer ball, because it holds more air
  • C.They hold exactly the same
2.A cup is pushed upside down into water and a tissue inside it stays dry. Why?
  • A.Tissue cannot get wet
  • B.The water is too cold
  • C.Air trapped in the cup fills the space, so the water cannot get in
3.A balloon tied tight shrinks a little in the freezer. Has any air got out?
  • A.No, the same air takes up less space when it is cold
  • B.Yes, half the air escaped
  • C.Yes, the air turned to ice
4.The blocked syringe can be pushed in a little way. What does that show?
  • A.The air has disappeared
  • B.The plunger has shrunk
  • C.The air inside can be squeezed into a smaller space
5.Drops form on the outside of a cold glass of juice. Where did the water come from?
  • A.The glass made it
  • B.The juice leaked through the glass
  • C.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass
6.Wind pushes a sailing boat along. What does that show about air?
  • A.Boats move by themselves
  • B.Air is empty space
  • C.Moving air is matter that can push on things
7.Why can you not see the air around you?
  • A.There is nothing there
  • B.It is hidden by light
  • C.It is made of pieces of matter too small to see
8.You blow through a straw into a glass of water. What are the bubbles?
  • A.Water turning into steam
  • B.Soap
  • C.Air from your lungs, pushed into the water

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Answer key — Air Is Something Too

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The pumped soccer ball, because it holds more air
  2. 2.Air trapped in the cup fills the space, so the water cannot get in
  3. 3.No, the same air takes up less space when it is cold
  4. 4.The air inside can be squeezed into a smaller space
  5. 5.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass
  6. 6.Moving air is matter that can push on things
  7. 7.It is made of pieces of matter too small to see
  8. 8.Air from your lungs, pushed into the water

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