New Substance, or Not? is a free printable Grade 5 science worksheet on investigating whether mixing substances makes new ones, aligned to Common Core standard 5-PS1-4. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 11 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
New Substance, or Not?
5-PS1-4
NameDate
Sort each change into the right group.
1.Sort each one: A new substance formed or No new substance?
Sort: Bread dough baking into a loaf, Ice melting into water, Copper turning green in the rain, Sugar dissolving in tea
A new substance formedNo new substance
2.Sort each one: A new substance formed or No new substance?
Sort: Milk thickening into lumps with lemon juice, Sand stirred into water and settling, Iron left damp until it rusts, Iron filings pulled out of sand with a magnet
A new substance formedNo new substance
3.Sort each one: A new substance formed or No new substance?
Sort: Vinegar and baking soda fizzing, A candle wick burning, Salt dissolved and then recovered by drying, Steam condensing back into water
A new substance formedNo new substance
LessonPrint · 5-PS1-4 · Set 11 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — New Substance, or Not?
Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Bread dough baking into a loaf — A new substance formed 2. Copper turning green in the rain — A new substance formed 3. Ice melting into water — No new substance 4. Sugar dissolving in tea — No new substance
2.1. Iron filings pulled out of sand with a magnet — No new substance 2. Iron left damp until it rusts — A new substance formed 3. Milk thickening into lumps with lemon juice — A new substance formed 4. Sand stirred into water and settling — No new substance
3.1. A candle wick burning — A new substance formed 2. Salt dissolved and then recovered by drying — No new substance 3. Steam condensing back into water — No new substance 4. Vinegar and baking soda fizzing — A new substance formed
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