Grade 6 Worksheets

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• Identify the four Earth system spheres: geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
• Explain how matter and energy move between Earth spheres using examples such as weathering and evaporation.
• Describe how gravity influences the movement of materials within and between spheres.+ Show more

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• Ask clarifying questions that target confusion by requesting definitions, examples, or reasons behind a claim.
• Use active listening strategies such as brief restatements to check whether you understood a speaker correctly.
• Interpret tone and implied meaning to distinguish evidence, opinion, and hypothesis.

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• Understand how different species contribute to ecosystem functions like pollination, seed dispersal, and nutrient cycling.
• Identify the roles of keystone and indicator species within Alberta ecosystems.
• Explain how species diversity impacts ecosystem resilience and stability.+ Show more

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Explain how commas help readers understand pauses, lists, and clause boundaries in grade-appropriate writing.
• Use quotation marks correctly to show direct speech and quoted text.
• Apply apostrophes for possession and contractions to keep meaning precise.+ Show more

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• Explain how decomposers break down dead matter and waste to return nutrients to ecosystems.
• Describe the role of fungi and bacteria in releasing chemical components into soil and water.
• Use nutrient cycling ideas to predict how decomposer activity can affect producer growth and ecosystem productivity.

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• Identify major cell parts (cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, and organelles) and describe their functions.
• Explain how cell structure helps life processes happen in an organized way.
• Compare the roles of shared cell parts and how specialized organelles support controlled chemical reactions.

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Understand that converting a decimal to a percent means multiplying by 100
• Convert decimals (including decimals greater than 1) into percents
• Relate the size of a decimal to the size of its percent value

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• Determine an author’s likely purpose (to inform, explain, persuade, or entertain) by using evidence from the text.
• Identify which details, examples, and transitions the author uses to support that purpose.
• Explain how word choice and organization reveal an intended message for the reader.

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• Understand the geologic processes that modify Earth's surface over different time scales.
• Identify evidence such as rock strata, fossils, and landforms that indicate landscape evolution.
• Differentiate between rapid events like volcanic eruptions and slow processes like weathering.+ Show more

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• Understand the role of decomposers in ecosystems.
• Identify how decomposers recycle matter and nutrients.
• Explain the importance of decomposition for ecosystem health.

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• Explain how purpose and audience guide the format and content of a simple media product
• Use the idea of coherence to select supporting details that match the main message
• Describe ethical representation by avoiding distortion and using accurate, contextual information+ Show more

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• Explain what adaptations are and how they help organisms survive in different environments
• Distinguish structural and physiological adaptations using real examples
• Describe how natural selection can favor traits that improve survival, feeding, defense, or reproduction

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Explain how a writer’s purpose shapes word choice, organization, and evidence.
• Describe how audience expectations affect formality, background knowledge, and the selection of details.
• Distinguish between writing that informs, persuades, and narrates by using purpose-specific language and evidence.

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• Compare how transportation and resource distribution influence where different communities develop
• Explain causes and consequences of migration, urbanization, and economic change
• Identify continuity and change in economic roles across urban, prairie, coastal, and northern settlements+ Show more

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• Explain how species richness, abundance, and evenness describe biodiversity patterns across ecosystems.
• Use sampling ideas such as transects and quadrats to collect data on biodiversity.
• Interpret spatial patterns of biodiversity and connect them to habitat heterogeneity and ecosystem stability.

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• Describe how Rome expanded its territory using conquests, alliances, and colonization.
• Explain how Roman expansion changed citizenship laws and civic participation.
• Identify ways Roman expansion transformed economic systems through trade and resources.+ Show more

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• Explain how reflection follows angle relationships when light meets a surface
• Describe how refraction changes the direction of light as it moves between media
• Use ideas about refractive index and lenses to predict what happens to images and light paths

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• Describe matter as composed of tiny particles and explain their behavior.
• Relate particle motion, collisions, and spacing to phases and changes of state.
• Understand how temperature and thermal energy affect particle behavior in gases.+ Show more

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• Understand how muscles generate heat to help maintain body temperature.
• Identify feedback mechanisms that regulate internal conditions.
• Explain how muscles interact with other systems to preserve homeostasis.

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• Compare perspectives across multiple informational texts.
• Synthesize key insights from different sources.
• Develop analytical reading skills to understand complex topics.+ Show more

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• Understand the role of trade in ancient Egyptian and Kushite civilizations.
• Identify key resources exchanged between Egypt and Kush.
• Analyze how trade influenced cultural and political relationships.+ Show more

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• Identify clues in text that suggest characters' motives and feelings
• Make logical inferences based on descriptive language and actions
• Use evidence from the passage to support conclusions about outcomes+ Show more

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• Identify how surrounding sentences help determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases.
• Distinguish between different types of context clues such as definitions, restatements, comparisons, examples, and tone.
• Use clues from headings, captions, and adjacent sentences to infer meaning accurately.

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• Identify patterns in observational and instrumental data related to natural hazards.
• Explain how recurrence intervals help estimate when hazards may occur again.
• Use hazard clues to estimate likely event locations and likely magnitudes for risk assessment.

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Understand the principles of reciprocal responsibilities in relationships with territory and community.
• Explain Indigenous concepts of stewardship and mutual obligation.
• Identify community practices that demonstrate respectful exchanges and shared accountability.+ Show more

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• Identify evidence of thermal conduction in a real-life example.
• Explain how temperature changes when heat moves through a solid.
• Compare how different materials transfer heat using the idea of thermal conductivity.

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• Identify genre techniques that help shape meaning in narrative, expository, and argumentative writing
• Explain how sentence style and pacing support a writer’s purpose
• Distinguish between time order, classification/compare/contrast/cause-effect, and claim-reason argument structure

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• Explain how Earth’s geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere interact through transfers of matter and energy.
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to describe feedbacks (e.g., albedo changes, sediment transport, nutrient cycling).
• Identify energy sources, energy sinks, and phase-change energy transfers in system models over time.

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• Use sentence frames and transitional language to build on others’ ideas in a conversation.
• Practice constructive rephrasing and respectful disagreement to support shared understanding.
• Extend claims with relevant reasons or details and connect ideas to earlier points.

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• Understand how sunlight is converted into electrical energy using photovoltaic cells
• Identify different renewable energy sources and their transformation processes
• Recognize the importance of renewable energy for sustainable development+ Show more

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• Understand the stages of the hydrologic cycle, including evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, infiltration, and groundwater discharge.
• Identify the processes controlling water movement within watersheds and aquifers.
• Learn how surface and groundwater interact and their importance for water availability.+ Show more

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• Identify different forms of energy such as kinetic, potential, thermal, chemical, and electrical.
• Relate specific forms of energy to everyday phenomena.
• Describe how energy is associated with motion, position, and internal activity of molecules.+ Show more

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• Explain how scientists turn analyzed observations into evidence-based claims.
• Summarize patterns in data using descriptive statistics and clear wording.
• Choose and justify appropriate visuals (bar, line, or scatter plots) for common Alberta contexts.+ Show more

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• Use surrounding sentences to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases.
• Identify clue types such as definitions, restatements, comparisons, and examples.
• Explain how tone or perspective in a text can limit or broaden a term’s meaning.

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• Understand what competition means in nature
• Identify how resource availability affects organism survival
• Learn about direct and indirect competition among species+ Show more

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• Explain major threats to ocean health, including pollution and overfishing.
• Identify ways individuals and communities can protect ocean ecosystems.
• Describe how different cultures may value and care for the sea.+ Show more

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• Explain how gravity drives mass wasting and how materials become unstable on slopes.
• Identify triggers of mass wasting such as heavy rainfall, freeze-thaw, earthquakes, and erosion.
• Describe how deposition at the bottom can change drainage and lead to later erosion and transport.

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• Synthesize information from multiple parts of a text to form a coherent interpretation.
• Use main ideas, inferred implications, and structural/feature details to support claims about meaning.
• Explain how changes in character or ideas across the text connect to the author’s message.

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• Explain how past geoscience processes affect where mineral ores, petroleum, and groundwater are found.
• Describe how hydrologic flow and recharge influence groundwater availability.
• Evaluate trade-offs in resource extraction by considering demand, extraction impacts, and technology limits.

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• Describe electric current as organized charge movement through a conductor
• Distinguish conventional current direction from electron flow in metals
• Explain potential difference as the driving force for current flow+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of structural and physiological adaptations in organisms.
• Identify examples of adaptations that enhance survival.
• Link specific structural features to their advantages in different environments.+ Show more

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• Revise writing to strengthen a clear central message and supporting details
• Improve coherence by reorganizing ideas and adding logical transitions
• Check for consistency in point of view, tense, and terminology+ Show more

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• Understand what constitutes a mixture and recognize different types of mixtures.
• Identify observable properties that distinguish mixtures from pure substances.
• Learn different separation techniques based on mixture properties.+ Show more

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• Identify the meaning of unknown words using surrounding context
• Apply knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to infer word meanings
• Analyze how context and affixes connect to the author's purpose