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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
  • Gravel mixed with sand
  • Sand stirred into water
  • Rice in the water it was washed in
  • A.A colander, which holds the rice grains and lets the water drain
  • B.A sieve, because the gravel pieces are too big for its holes
  • C.A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips
  • D.Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Iron filings mixed with sand
  • Dried peas mixed with flour
  • Cooking oil floating on water
  • Steel cans mixed with aluminum cans
  • A.Skimming off the top layer, because the oil floats
  • B.A fine sieve, which lets the flour fall through and keeps the peas
  • C.A big magnet, which pulls out only the steel cans
  • D.A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not

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Answer key — Getting It Back Out

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Steel and plastic paperclips — C (A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips) 2. Gravel mixed with sand — B (A sieve, because the gravel pieces are too big for its holes) 3. Sand stirred into water — D (Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved) 4. Rice in the water it was washed in — A (A colander, which holds the rice grains and lets the water drain)
  2. 2.1. Iron filings mixed with sand — D (A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not) 2. Dried peas mixed with flour — B (A fine sieve, which lets the flour fall through and keeps the peas) 3. Cooking oil floating on water — A (Skimming off the top layer, because the oil floats) 4. Steel cans mixed with aluminum cans — C (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.