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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.
  • Salt dissolved in water
  • Salt mixed with pepper
  • The colored inks in a black marker
  • Gravel mixed with sand
  • A.A sieve, because the gravel pieces are too big for its holes
  • B.Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance
  • C.Adding water to dissolve the salt, then filtering out the pepper
  • D.Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Sand stirred into water
  • Iron filings mixed with sand
  • Steel and plastic paperclips
  • Steel cans mixed with aluminum cans
  • A.A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips
  • B.A big magnet, which pulls out only the steel cans
  • C.A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not
  • D.Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved

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Answer key — Getting It Back Out

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Salt dissolved in water — D (Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind) 2. Salt mixed with pepper — C (Adding water to dissolve the salt, then filtering out the pepper) 3. The colored inks in a black marker — B (Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance) 4. Gravel mixed with sand — A (A sieve, because the gravel pieces are too big for its holes)
  2. 2.1. Sand stirred into water — D (Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved) 2. Iron filings mixed with sand — C (A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not) 3. Steel and plastic paperclips — A (A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips) 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.