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

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Answer key — Getting It Back Out

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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