Texas TEKS5th GradeScience

§112.7.b.6.ACompare and contrast matter based on measurable

Matter and energy · b.6: Matter and energy. The student knows that matter has measurable physical properties that determine how matter is identified, classified, changed, and used. The student is expected to:

Free printable worksheet

Download the §112.7.b.6.A worksheet

The lesson, the visual models, and 10 practice questions with space to work.

Download the PDF

PDF · 8 pages · answer key · no sign-up

What this standard means: TEKS §112.7.6.A asks fifth graders to compare and contrast matter using properties they can measure, test, or observe, such as mass, volume, density, solubility, and conductivity. This intervention, Matter Properties Practice, practices that skill through cooking and sports-themed scenarios: identifying which property a 500 mL bottle measures, correcting the claim that sand dissolves like sugar, choosing a material that floats because it is less dense than water, and comparing two solids with the same volume but different solubility for a recipe. Each question ties a property name to a concrete test a student could actually run. With repetition, naming the right property for a given comparison becomes automatic instead of a guess.

Before you download

What you get, and who it’s for

Everything below is measured from the actual lesson and the actual file. Nothing here is an estimate.

Time to run: About 17 minutes. 7 min lesson, then 10 min of practice.
In the download: 8 printable pages: the full lesson, the worked examples, the visual models, and 10 practice questions with space to work. A teacher answer key is included at the end, so the student pages come first and it is still ready to hand out. The lesson’s worked examples do show their solutions, because that is how they teach.
Question set: The download carries all 10 questions. The page shows 3 of them as a sample.
Question format: Every question is multiple choice. Students show their work on the page.
Dates: Published August 6, 2026. Not revised since.

The sample intervention

See a real lesson for §112.7.b.6.A

A real intervention, not a generic worksheet.

§112.7.b.6.A

Matter Properties Practice: Cook, Play, and Test

Compare and contrast matter by looking at properties you can measure, test, or observe.

Read the passages and examples below to learn about comparing and contrasting matter by looking at properties you can measure, test, or observe. Use each property clue to tell materials apart.

Matter can be described by its physical properties. A physical property is a feature you can observe, measure, or test without changing what the material is. Some properties are mass, magnetism, volume, physical state, solubility in water, relative density, and whether a material conducts or insulates thermal energy or electric energy.

Measure it, test it, or observe it

Every property below can be compared. The group tells you HOW you find it out.

Mass tells how much matter an object has. Volume tells how much space it takes up. A solid keeps its own shape, a liquid flows and takes the shape of its container, and a gas spreads out to fill the space available.

Five properties and how to test them

	How you test it	Example
volume	measure the space it fills, in mL	a bottle holds 500 mL
solubility in water	stir it in and watch	sugar dissolves; sand does not
thermal conductivity	feel how fast heat moves through	metal spoon gets hot fast
electrical conductivity	see if electricity passes through	copper yes, rubber no
relative density	see if it floats or sinks	foam floats; a rock sinks

Use this table to name the property a question is really asking about.

Read the table, then decide

	Volume	Mass	Dissolves in water?
Drink C	150 mL	155 g	no
Drink D	300 mL	310 g	no
Drink mix powder	not measured	25 g	yes

Compare one column at a time. A material can be greater in one property and not another.

Worked exampleA metal spoon is a solid and conducts thermal energy well.

Worked exampleA plastic spatula handle is a solid and insulates thermal energy.

Practice questions

1
A plastic bottle holds 500 mL of sports drink. Which property is being measured?
- volume
- mass
- solubility in water
- magnetism
2
A student writes: 'Sugar dissolves in water, so sand dissolves in water too.' What is wrong with the statement?
- Sand dissolves in water.
- Sugar does not dissolve in water.
- Both sugar and sand dissolve in water.
- Sugar dissolves in water, but sand does not.
3
A coach is comparing materials for a sports drink cooler. Which choice is most likely to float in water because it is less dense than water?
- metal spoon
- glass cup
- foam lid
- sand-filled pouch

Part of the question set is shown. Generate the whole intervention, freshly themed and with an answer key, for your own class in the product.

Want this themed to your class instead?

Generate a fresh, standards-aligned intervention like this one, themed to whatever your students are into, in about 2 minutes.

Generate for my class