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Grade 4 Matter: Particles, Mixtures & Solutions Worksheet with Answers
Grade 4 (US) · Year 5 (UK) · Class 4 (India) · Science
Unit 6: Going FurtherAdvanced: Grade 5 PreviewNGSS 5-PS1-1Advanced
Matter is made of tiny particles; mixing, dissolving and separating substances. This free upper elementary worksheet has 15 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.
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Learning goal: Advanced: Grade 5 Preview · NGSS 5-PS1-1
Directions: This worksheet has 3 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.
Label the diagram. Use the words in the box.
Word bank
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Match each clue to the right word. Write the letter in the box.
- 4How can you separate sand from water?
- 5Is salad a mixture?
- 6Is mixing vinegar and baking soda a physical or chemical change?
- 7How can you separate iron filings from sand?
- AFilter it
- BUse a magnet
- CYes
- DChemical
Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.
- 8
What is a solution?
- 9
Why does a balloon get bigger when you blow air in?
- 10
How can you separate salt from water?
- 11
What is a mixture?
- 12
What is matter?
- 13
What is matter made of?
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Is air matter?
- 15
Sugar seems to disappear in water. Is it gone?
★ Challenge corner for fast finishers
I fall from the sky but am not rain. I am cold and white. What am I?
How did I do?
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Answer key — Matter: Particles, Mixtures & Solutions (Grade 4)
- 1.solid
- 2.liquid
- 3.gas
- 4.A — filter it
- 5.C — yes
- 6.D — chemical (a gas forms)
- 7.B — use a magnet
- 8.a mixture where one substance dissolves evenly in another
- 9.air particles take up space
- 10.let the water evaporate
- 11.two or more substances combined that keep their own properties
- 12.anything that has mass and takes up space
- 13.tiny particles too small to see
- 14.yes
- 15.no — it dissolved; the particles are still there
- ★snow
Answer key (click to show)
- 1.solid
- 2.liquid
- 3.gas
- 4.A — filter it
- 5.C — yes
- 6.D — chemical (a gas forms)
- 7.B — use a magnet
- 8.a mixture where one substance dissolves evenly in another
- 9.air particles take up space
- 10.let the water evaporate
- 11.two or more substances combined that keep their own properties
- 12.anything that has mass and takes up space
- 13.tiny particles too small to see
- 14.yes
- 15.no — it dissolved; the particles are still there
- ★snow (challenge corner)
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