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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
  • The colored inks in a black marker
  • Rice in the water it was washed in
  • Steel and plastic paperclips
  • A.A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips
  • B.A big magnet, which pulls out only the steel cans
  • C.Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance
  • D.A colander, which holds the rice grains and lets the water drain
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Salt mixed with pepper
  • Cooking oil floating on water
  • Iron filings mixed with sand
  • Salt dissolved in water
  • A.Adding water to dissolve the salt, then filtering out the pepper
  • B.Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind
  • C.A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not
  • D.Skimming off the top layer, because the oil floats

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Answer key — Getting It Back Out

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Steel cans mixed with aluminum cans — B (A big magnet, which pulls out only the steel cans) 2. The colored inks in a black marker — C (Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance) 3. Rice in the water it was washed in — D (A colander, which holds the rice grains and lets the water drain) 4. Steel and plastic paperclips — A (A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips)
  2. 2.1. Salt mixed with pepper — A (Adding water to dissolve the salt, then filtering out the pepper) 2. Cooking oil floating on water — D (Skimming off the top layer, because the oil floats) 3. Iron filings mixed with sand — C (A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not) 4. Salt dissolved in water — B (Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind)

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