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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 ball is weighed flat, then pumped full of air. What happens to its mass?
  • A.It stays exactly the same, because air weighs nothing
  • B.It goes down
  • C.It goes up slightly, because air has mass
2.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
3.A flat basketball is pumped up and gets bigger and firmer. Why?
  • A.The rubber has grown
  • B.More air has been pushed inside it
  • C.The ball has warmed up
4.Drops form on the outside of a cold glass of juice. Where did the water come from?
  • A.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass
  • B.The juice leaked through the glass
  • C.The glass made it
5.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
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 pumped soccer ball, because it holds more air
  • B.They hold exactly the same
  • C.The flat soccer ball
8.An "empty" bottle is held mouth-down under water and tilted. Bubbles come out. What were they?
  • A.Air that was in the bottle all along
  • B.Water that turned into gas
  • C.Nothing, it was empty

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Answer key — Air Is Something Too

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.It goes up slightly, because air has mass
  2. 2.Moving air is matter that can push on things
  3. 3.More air has been pushed inside it
  4. 4.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass
  5. 5.It is made of pieces of matter too small to see
  6. 6.Air from your lungs, pushed into the water
  7. 7.The pumped soccer ball, because it holds more air
  8. 8.Air that was in the bottle all along

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