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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.
  • Iron filings mixed with sand
  • Cooking oil floating on water
  • Salt dissolved in water
  • Dried peas mixed with flour
  • A.Skimming off the top layer, because the oil floats
  • B.Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind
  • C.A fine sieve, which lets the flour fall through and keeps the peas
  • D.A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Rice in the water it was washed in
  • Steel and plastic paperclips
  • Sand stirred into water
  • The colored inks in a black marker
  • A.Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance
  • B.A colander, which holds the rice grains and lets the water drain
  • C.A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips
  • D.Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved

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Answer key — Getting It Back Out

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Iron filings mixed with sand — D (A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not) 2. Cooking oil floating on water — A (Skimming off the top layer, because the oil floats) 3. Salt dissolved in water — B (Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind) 4. Dried peas mixed with flour — C (A fine sieve, which lets the flour fall through and keeps the peas)
  2. 2.1. Rice in the water it was washed in — B (A colander, which holds the rice grains and lets the water drain) 2. Steel and plastic paperclips — C (A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips) 3. Sand stirred into water — D (Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved) 4. The colored inks in a black marker — A (Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance)

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