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

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Answer key — Getting It Back Out

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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