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Getting It Back Out is a free printable Grade 5 science worksheet on using a property of each material to separate a mixture, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 5-PS1-3. It prints 2 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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Getting It Back Out

5-PS1-3

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Draw a line from each mixture to the way to separate it.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Steel cans mixed with aluminum cans
  • Salt mixed with pepper
  • The colored inks in a black marker
  • Sand stirred into water
  • A.Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved
  • B.Adding water to dissolve the salt, then filtering out the pepper
  • C.Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance
  • D.A big magnet, which pulls out only the steel cans
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Cooking oil floating on water
  • Steel and plastic paperclips
  • Gravel mixed with sand
  • Rice in the water it was washed in
  • A.A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips
  • B.A sieve, because the gravel pieces are too big for its holes
  • C.Skimming off the top layer, because the oil floats
  • D.A colander, which holds the rice grains and lets the water drain

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Answer key — Getting It Back Out

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Steel cans mixed with aluminum cans — D (A big magnet, which pulls out only the steel cans) 2. Salt mixed with pepper — B (Adding water to dissolve the salt, then filtering out the pepper) 3. The colored inks in a black marker — C (Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance) 4. Sand stirred into water — A (Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved)
  2. 2.1. Cooking oil floating on water — C (Skimming off the top layer, because the oil floats) 2. Steel and plastic paperclips — A (A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips) 3. Gravel mixed with sand — B (A sieve, because the gravel pieces are too big for its holes) 4. Rice in the water it was washed in — D (A colander, which holds the rice grains and lets the water drain)

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5-PS1-3 of the Next Generation Science Standards.