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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.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.Nothing, it was empty
  • C.Water that turned into gas
3.A ball is weighed flat, then pumped full of air. What happens to its mass?
  • A.It goes up slightly, because air has mass
  • B.It stays exactly the same, because air weighs nothing
  • C.It goes down
4.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
5.Drops form on the outside of a cold glass of juice. Where did the water come from?
  • A.The juice leaked through the glass
  • B.The glass made it
  • C.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass
6.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
7.Why can you not see the air around you?
  • A.It is made of pieces of matter too small to see
  • B.It is hidden by light
  • C.There is nothing there
8.Wind pushes a sailing boat along. What does that show about air?
  • A.Boats move by themselves
  • B.Moving air is matter that can push on things
  • C.Air is empty space

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Answer key — Air Is Something Too

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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