Grade 6 Worksheets

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• Understand what limiting factors are and how they affect populations.
• Identify environmental conditions that restrict population growth and distribution.
• Analyze the impact of abiotic and biotic factors on ecosystems.+ Show more

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• Identify different types of trophic interactions including predation, herbivory, parasitism, competition, and mutualism.
• Explain how each trophic interaction affects species survival and ecosystem stability.
• Analyze examples of trophic interactions and their role in community structure.+ Show more

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• Understand the structure and function of the respiratory system.
• Identify adaptations that increase respiratory surface area and efficiency.
• Explain the process of gas exchange in lungs and gills.+ Show more

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• Explain how different organ systems work together to maintain homeostasis.
• Identify feedback mechanisms involved in regulating internal body conditions.
• Describe examples of homeostatic processes such as temperature regulation and blood glucose control.+ Show more

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• Understand how component behaviour affects energy distribution in circuits.
• Explain the relationship between power dissipation, internal resistance, and energy transfer.
• Analyze how internal resistance reduces available voltage under load.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of a food chain and the flow of energy through ecosystems.
• Identify producers, consumers, and their roles in a food chain.
• Recognize how changes in one population can affect others within a food chain.+ Show more

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• Identify different reproductive structures in plants and animals
• Describe seed dispersal mechanisms and their effects on ecosystems
• Understand regeneration strategies such as seed release and vegetative propagation+ Show more

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• Understand how wave interactions like interference, superposition, and resonance affect sound and light.
• Identify what causes constructive and destructive interference.
• Describe how standing waves and resonance contribute to energy concentration in systems.+ Show more

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• Understand the different types of adaptations and their functions in animals and plants.
• Identify structural features that help organisms survive in their environments.
• Explain how natural selection favors traits that enhance resource gathering, defense, or reproduction.+ Show more

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• Define energy efficiency and explain its importance.
• Identify causes of energy loss in machines and systems.
• Evaluate different technologies based on their energy efficiency.+ Show more

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• Understand the difference between physical and chemical changes.
• Identify examples of physical and chemical changes.
• Describe properties of substances that indicate a chemical change.+ Show more

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• Understand the key electrical quantities: current, voltage, and power.
• Learn how to interpret electrical measurement data in circuits.
• Analyze the relationship between energy transfer, power, and time.+ Show more

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• Understand that light behaves as waves and particles, characterized by wavelength, frequency, and energy.
• Identify the ranges of electromagnetic wavelengths, including visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light.
• Explain how wavelength relates to energy and chemical or thermal effects of light.+ Show more

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• Understand how sound and light waves are used in technological devices.
• Identify the energy conversions that occur in speakers, microphones, and cameras.
• Explain the role of wave properties like frequency and intensity in device performance.+ Show more

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• Understand key design principles for valid controlled experiments.
• Identify appropriate control groups and variables.
• Evaluate the importance of sample size and replication in testing.+ Show more

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• Identify observable signs indicating a chemical reaction has taken place.
• Distinguish between physical and chemical changes using various indicators.
• Understand the importance of multiple observations to confirm a chemical change.+ Show more

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• Explain the concept of adaptation trade-offs in animals and plants.
• Identify examples of how structural features can have costs and benefits.
• Evaluate how environmental pressures influence the evolution of trade-offs.+ Show more

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• Understand the law of conservation of mass and its application in physical and chemical changes.
• Differentiate between open and closed systems based on mass measurement.
• Identify processes that do or do not conserve mass through atom rearrangement or boundary limitations.+ Show more

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• Explain how gas pressure results from particle collisions with container walls.
• Describe how changes in temperature and volume affect gas pressure.
• Use the particle model to understand gas behaviours such as compression and expansion.+ Show more

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• Understand how energy transfer occurs during phase changes such as melting, boiling, freezing, and condensation.
• Explain the connection between latent heat and particle interactions during phase changes.
• Describe why temperature can remain constant during a phase change despite energy input.+ Show more

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• Describe the particle model of matter and how particles behave in solids, liquids, and gases.
• Explain how microscopic particle behaviors relate to macroscopic properties such as shape, volume, and flow.
• Identify differences in particle arrangements and motion in different states of matter.+ Show more

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• Understand how trees, fungi, animals, and understory plants interact to support ecosystem functions.
• Identify key species roles such as keystone and indicator species in Alberta.
• Explain the importance of species diversity for ecosystem resilience.+ Show more

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• Understand how cells develop unique structures for specific functions.
• Explain the process of differentiation and gene expression in cells.
• Recognize how specialized cells form tissues and organs that perform complex tasks.+ Show more

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• Understand what determines the speed of a chemical reaction
• Identify factors that influence reaction rates such as concentration, temperature, surface area, and catalysts
• Explain how microscopic particle collisions relate to observable changes in reactions+ Show more

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• Understand the molecular composition and how it affects air behavior
• Explain how air density, pressure, and temperature change with altitude and regional conditions
• Describe how local weather phenomena are influenced by air properties

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• Understand the concept of drag and its different types in aviation and vehicles
• Identify factors affecting parasitic and induced drag and how design influences these forces
• Analyze real-world examples of drag reduction techniques in engineering

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• Identify and describe observable physical properties of matter such as mass, volume, density, conductivity, melting point, and hardness.
• Understand how physical properties differentiate matter without changing its chemical identity.
• Explain how changes in physical properties involve rearrangement or phase change rather than formation of new substances.+ Show more

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• Understand how surface area, porosity, and suspension geometry affect drag in parachutes.
• Explain the concepts of terminal velocity and how mass-to-area ratio influences descent speed.
• Analyze how canopy design trade-offs impact descent rate and stability in different atmospheric conditions.

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• Understand how wing shape influences lift, stall behavior, and maneuverability in aircraft.
• Compare high-aspect-ratio wings used for gliders with low-aspect, robust wings used on regional aircraft.
• Explain how curvature, taper, and thickness affect pressure distribution and drag.+ Show more

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• Understand how pressure differences form low and high pressure zones in the atmosphere.
• Learn how topography and uneven heating influence regional wind patterns and weather.

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• Explain how Earth's rotation causes the cycle of day and night.
• Describe the impact of Earth's tilt and orbit on the variation in day length throughout the year.
• Understand how local latitude affects daylight duration within Alberta.

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• Describe the gravitational interactions between the Sun, Earth, and Moon.
• Explain how relative positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon cause phases, eclipses, and tides.
• Identify the different lunar phases and their causes.+ Show more

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• Describe how the Sun's apparent path across the sky varies with seasons and latitude.
• Explain how sunrise and sunset positions change throughout the year and between locations.

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• Identify the different levels of biological organization from cells to organisms.
• Explain how cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems work together.
• Describe how disruptions at one level can affect the entire organism.+ Show more

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• Explain how light reflects off surfaces and follows the law of reflection.
• Describe how refraction changes the direction of light when it passes through different materials.
• Identify the role of lenses in focusing and dispersing light through refraction.+ Show more

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• Describe the main organs involved in the digestion process.
• Explain how enzymes and acids help break down food into absorbable nutrients.
• Identify how nutrients cross into blood or lymph for distribution.+ Show more

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• Understand how the relative positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon create lunar phases.
• Apply a geometric model to predict the timing and sequence of lunar phases from observations.
• Describe the progression and timing of lunar phases based on observational data.

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• Understand the concept of measurement uncertainty and its sources.
• Learn methods for estimating and discussing measurement uncertainty in data.

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• Understand how the Sun's position affects shadow length and direction during different times of day and seasons.
• Observe and describe patterns of shadows in various environments to explain Earth's motion and axial tilt.
• Relate shadow changes to the concepts of day/night cycle and seasons.+ Show more

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• Understand how the immune system defends organisms through various barriers and responses.
• Identify the roles of skin, mucous membranes, immune cells, and lymphatic vessels.
• Describe how immune activity interacts with circulatory and lymphatic systems to maintain health.

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• Understand the principles of solar time and how it differs from clock time
• Explain how Earth's apparent solar motion and local noon relate to societal and calendrical timekeeping
• Identify factors that cause differences between solar time and clock time, such as longitude and Earth's orbit+ Show more

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• Identify safe handling and storage practices for measurement instruments.
• Understand protocols to prevent contamination and equipment damage when using scientific tools.
• Apply safety procedures for calibrating and maintaining devices in field environments.

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• Define what a habitat and a niche are in an ecosystem.
• Explain how overlapping niches can lead to competition among species.
• Describe resource partitioning and its role in supporting species coexistence.+ Show more

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• Identify different human activities that impact natural ecosystems.
• Explain effects of habitat fragmentation, pollution, and resource extraction.
• Recognize mitigation strategies such as conservation and restoration.+ Show more

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• Define producers, consumers, and decomposers and identify their roles in food chains.
• Describe trophic levels and the flow of energy among organisms.
• Differentiate between simple pond and grassland food chains and networks.+ Show more

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• Describe the processes involved in the water cycle, including evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, infiltration, and groundwater storage.
• Explain how solar energy and gravity drive the water cycle.
• Identify different reservoirs such as oceans, ice, and groundwater, and understand the transfer of water between them.+ Show more

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• Understand how genetic and environmental factors influence phenotypic variation.
• Identify examples of variation caused by heredity and environment.
• Explain the link between DNA, gene expression, and organism traits.+ Show more

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• Describe the coupled interactions among Earth's systems using models of matter and energy transfer.
• Identify feedback mechanisms such as albedo changes, sediment transport, and nutrient movement.
• Explain the flow of energy sources and sinks, including phase change energy transfers.+ Show more