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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 and plastic paperclips
  • Salt dissolved in water
  • Sand stirred into water
  • The colored inks in a black marker
  • A.A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips
  • B.Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved
  • C.Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance
  • D.Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Cooking oil floating on water
  • Dried peas mixed with flour
  • Gravel mixed with sand
  • Steel cans mixed with aluminum cans
  • A.A sieve, because the gravel pieces are too big for its holes
  • B.A big magnet, which pulls out only the steel cans
  • C.A fine sieve, which lets the flour fall through and keeps the peas
  • D.Skimming off the top layer, because the oil floats

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Answer key — Getting It Back Out

Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Steel and plastic paperclips — A (A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips) 2. Salt dissolved in water — D (Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind) 3. Sand stirred into water — B (Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved) 4. The colored inks in a black marker — C (Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance)
  2. 2.1. Cooking oil floating on water — D (Skimming off the top layer, because the oil floats) 2. Dried peas mixed with flour — C (A fine sieve, which lets the flour fall through and keeps the peas) 3. Gravel mixed with sand — A (A sieve, because the gravel pieces are too big for its holes) 4. Steel cans mixed with aluminum cans — B (A big magnet, which pulls out only the steel cans)

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