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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 cup is pushed upside down into water and a tissue inside it stays dry. Why?
  • A.The water is too cold
  • B.Tissue cannot get wet
  • C.Air trapped in the cup fills the space, so the water cannot get in
2.You blow through a straw into a glass of water. What are the bubbles?
  • A.Soap
  • B.Water turning into steam
  • C.Air from your lungs, pushed into the water
3.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
4.An "empty" bottle is held mouth-down under water and tilted. Bubbles come out. What were they?
  • A.Nothing, it was empty
  • B.Water that turned into gas
  • C.Air that was in the bottle all along
5.A ball is weighed flat, then pumped full of air. What happens to its mass?
  • A.It goes down
  • B.It goes up slightly, because air has mass
  • C.It stays exactly the same, because air weighs nothing
6.A balloon tied tight shrinks a little in the freezer. Has any air got out?
  • A.Yes, the air turned to ice
  • B.No, the same air takes up less space when it is cold
  • C.Yes, half the air escaped
7.Wind pushes a sailing boat along. What does that show about air?
  • A.Air is empty space
  • B.Moving air is matter that can push on things
  • C.Boats move by themselves
8.A syringe with its end blocked cannot be pushed all the way in. Why?
  • A.The syringe is broken
  • B.Air pulls the plunger back by magic
  • C.The air inside is matter, and it takes up space

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Answer key — Air Is Something Too

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Air trapped in the cup fills the space, so the water cannot get in
  2. 2.Air from your lungs, pushed into the water
  3. 3.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass
  4. 4.Air that was in the bottle all along
  5. 5.It goes up slightly, because air has mass
  6. 6.No, the same air takes up less space when it is cold
  7. 7.Moving air is matter that can push on things
  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.