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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.
  • Sand stirred into water
  • Steel cans mixed with aluminum cans
  • Gravel mixed with sand
  • The colored inks in a black marker
  • 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.Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved
  • D.A big magnet, which pulls out only the steel cans
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Salt mixed with pepper
  • Salt dissolved in water
  • Steel and plastic paperclips
  • Rice in the water it was washed in
  • A.A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips
  • B.Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind
  • C.Adding water to dissolve the salt, then filtering out the pepper
  • D.A colander, which holds the rice grains and lets the water drain

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Answer key — Getting It Back Out

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

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