Grade 6 Science Worksheets

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• Explain how adaptations can spread through populations over generations
• Describe how reproductive isolation contributes to speciation
• Identify evidence scientists use to support claims that new species formed

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• Use stratigraphic order and fossil evidence to describe patterns of change through geologic time
• Compare fossil assemblages from different rock layers to infer biodiversity shifts and environmental change
• Explain how relative dating and radiometric dating support timelines for fossil lineages

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• Describe how biodiversity can vary across space and time using measures like species richness and species occurrence.
• Compare how island faunas, latitudinal gradients, and habitat heterogeneity can affect biodiversity and endemism.
• Explain how historical records and present-day surveys can be used to estimate turnover and changes in community composition.

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• Explain conservation of mass by tracking atoms and total mass in a closed system
• Use particle diagrams and symbolic models to show that atoms rearrange but their total count stays the same
• Connect mass measurements before and after changes to conservation of mass in physical and chemical processes

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• Use models (ball-and-stick and space-filling) to describe how atoms combine to form simple molecules and extended structures.
• Interpret chemical formulas to identify the relative atom types and counts in H2O and NaCl.
• Explain how repeating units build polymer chains and how ionic charges relate to ionic lattices.

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• Interpret frequency charts and time-series graphs to describe how populations change over generations.
• Use proportional reasoning to estimate rates of increase or decline from numerical data.
• Explain how environmental factors and demographic events can shift population outcomes over time.+ Show more

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• Explain how heritable variation can change over generations through natural selection.
• Describe differential reproductive success and how it shifts trait frequencies in a population.
• Use evidence from real examples to connect environmental pressures with changes in traits.

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• Explain how homologous structures and vestigial organs provide evidence for common ancestry.
• Use conserved DNA sequences and mutations to interpret relationships on a phylogenetic tree.
• Compare anatomical and molecular traits to support hypotheses about divergence among taxa.

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• Explain how synthetic materials can be traced back to natural resources and processing steps.
• Compare properties of common synthetic materials (durability, flexibility, conductivity, biodegradability) to match materials to uses.
• Describe how resource extraction and manufacturing can affect society and the environment, including recyclability.

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• Explain how monomers form polymers through condensation reactions and how polymers are broken down by hydrolysis.
• Identify major biological macromolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, carbohydrates) and name their monomers.
• Describe how enzymes help reactions happen and how transport across membranes relates to molecular structure.

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• Explain how limiting resources affect survival, growth, and reproduction of individual organisms.
• Use quantitative observations to interpret how resource availability influences population size and carrying capacity.
• Describe how resource gradients help predict where species are most abundant in different habitats.

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• Explain how photosynthesis and respiration transfer and transform energy in cells
• Model how matter cycles between plants and animals using reactants and products
• Describe the roles of chloroplasts, mitochondria, stomata, and oxygen in energy transfer+ Show more

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• Explain how phenotypic variation can result from interactions between genetic information and environmental influences.
• Describe how DNA sequence differences and changes in gene expression can affect an organism’s structure and function.
• Use examples (inheritance, nutrition-linked growth, and temperature effects) to support claims about trait variation.

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• Identify and classify major species interaction types: mutualism, competition, predation, and parasitism
• Use evidence to predict how species interactions can change across forest, grassland, and freshwater ecosystems
• Explain how niche partitioning, resource overlap, and behavioral strategies affect interaction strength

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• Explain how energy moves through producers, consumers, and decomposers in food webs
• Describe how photosynthesis and cellular respiration help determine an ecosystem’s energy budget
• Use an energy pyramid idea and trophic transfer efficiency to predict how much energy remains at each trophic level+ Show more

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• Explain how particle models describe matter as made of particles that are too small to see.
• Use particle ideas to predict what happens to a substance during melting, freezing, boiling, and condensation.
• Relate temperature and thermal energy to the motion and kinetic energy of particles.+ Show more

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• Identify chemical reactions using qualitative evidence such as color change, gas production, and precipitate formation.
• Use quantitative measurements (mass and temperature changes) to support whether new substances formed.
• Compare pre-interaction and post-interaction observations to determine signs of chemical change.

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• Explain how specific cell organelles contribute to key cell functions.
• Connect the structure of an organelle to its role in the cell.
• Compare plant and animal cells in terms of specialized organelles.

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• Explain how changes in ecosystem components can cause population increases or declines using evidence.
• Interpret population data (birth/death rates, age structure, and growth curves) to make causal inferences.
• Use case studies (predator reintroduction, invasive species, habitat fragmentation, and disease outbreaks) to support claims.+ Show more

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• Compare conservation strategies, habitat restoration, protected areas, and invasive species management as solutions for maintaining biodiversity.
• Explain how ecological trade-offs can affect species persistence and ecosystem services such as pollination, water purification, and nutrient cycling.
• Use case studies to evaluate which biodiversity solutions may work best under different environmental pressures.

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• Explain how gravitational attraction depends on mass and distance using real-world examples.
• Describe how friction is a contact force that affects motion along surfaces.
• Use evidence to argue whether changes in motion are caused by gravity or friction.+ Show more

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• Explain how receptors help cells detect chemical and electrical signals
• Describe how signal transduction cascades produce specific cell responses
• Compare rapid nervous transmission with longer-term endocrine hormone effects+ Show more

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• Explain how negative feedback helps maintain internal stability using sensors, control centers, and effectors.
• Describe how positive feedback can amplify change and sometimes leads to a rapid process in the body.
• Use examples such as thermoregulation, blood glucose control, and kidney osmotic balance to trace cause-and-effect in feedback systems.

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• Explain how electric and magnetic forces depend on source strength and distance
• Use qualitative ideas of electric and magnetic fields to describe interactions
• Distinguish between balanced and unbalanced forces using examples with charges and magnets or currents+ Show more

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• Explain how air masses, pressure systems, and fronts work together to create local and regional weather.
• Interpret weather data from surface maps, temperature/pressure measurements, and radar observations to describe precipitation and wind changes.
• Describe how convection and latent heat release help explain short-term weather variability such as thunderstorms.

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• Use astronomical units (AU) to compare the Earth–Sun distance to other distances in the solar system.
• Compare relative planetary sizes (such as Earth vs. Jupiter) using radii or diameter ratios.
• Interpret tables and charts using orders of magnitude to describe large-scale solar system relationships.+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth’s rotation causes day and night.
• Describe how Earth’s orbit and 23.5° axial tilt lead to seasons.
• Use solstices and equinoxes as observable markers for seasonal change.+ Show more

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• Explain how unequal solar heating and Earth’s rotation create global atmospheric circulation patterns.
• Describe how ocean currents transport heat and moisture and influence regional climates.
• Connect trade winds, westerlies, and major climate-cell models to persistent climate zones.+ Show more

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• Explain how land-use change, fossil fuel combustion, agriculture, and waste management alter Earth systems.
• Describe how human activities can modify biogeochemical cycles and climate drivers.
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to connect an activity to an environmental trend over time and space.

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• Compare multiple design solutions using criteria and constraints.
• Use quantitative and qualitative measures to evaluate prototypes and rank options.
• Explain how trade-offs influence which features to refine in an iterative design process.

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• Interpret patterns in observational and instrumental data related to natural hazards.
• Explain how recurrence intervals and frequency statistics help estimate when hazards may occur again.
• Use examples such as earthquake catalogs, storm tracks, and flood statistics to support risk assessment and response planning.

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• Explain how gravitational attraction controls the motion of planets and satellites.
• Describe how gravity between the Sun and planets creates elliptical orbits and changes orbital speed.
• Connect orbital period and orbital speed to how distance affects gravitational pull.

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• Explain how geologic processes such as plate motion, volcanic uplift, mountain building, and sediment transport change Earth’s surface.
• Identify evidence of surface change in rock layers, fossils, uplifted terraces, and erosion rates.
• Compare rapid events (like volcanic eruptions and landslides) with slow processes (like weathering) using appropriate time scales.

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• Explain how microscopy and preserved specimens provide evidence that cells are the basic unit of life.
• Compare single-celled organisms with multicellular organisms using observable cell evidence.
• Describe how cells, tissues, organs, and whole organisms are connected in biological organization.

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• Explain how the relative positions of Earth, Moon, and Sun create lunar phases and eclipses.
• Describe the sequence of primary lunar phases and how illumination changes during the month.
• Identify the conditions for solar and lunar eclipses using line-of-sight and shadow explanations.+ Show more

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• Identify the required functions, success measures, and constraints for a design problem.
• Explain how criteria and limits help guide solution planning and evaluation.
• Describe cause-and-effect impacts of design choices on people and natural systems.

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• Explain how net force (vector sum of forces) and mass affect an object's acceleration
• Identify and use the relationship net force equals mass times acceleration to predict motion
• Interpret everyday scenarios involving tug-of-war, carts on tracks, and multiple forces on a hanging object

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• Explain how population trends and per-capita resource use can affect Earth systems.
• Compare sustainability strategies such as renewable energy, conservation, circular resource use, and land-management approaches.
• Evaluate trade-offs among environmental, economic, and social priorities when choosing sustainability solutions.+ Show more

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• Explain how solar energy and gravity drive the water cycle processes.
• Describe the roles of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, infiltration, and groundwater storage.
• Use reservoir and phase-change ideas to trace how water moves through air, land, and oceans.+ Show more

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• Explain how conservation of momentum applies to isolated two-object systems during collisions.
• Describe action-reaction force pairs that occur during contact between two objects.
• Distinguish elastic and inelastic collisions using momentum and resulting motion.+ Show more

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• Explain how the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, and nervous systems work together to support cell survival.
• Describe the roles of specific organs (heart, lungs, liver, and brain/nerves) in transporting or processing materials.
• Connect cellular needs (nutrients and gases) to system-level processes and outcomes.

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• Explain how inherited differences (genes and alleles) and environmental factors both cause observable variation.
• Describe how mutations can create new allele combinations that affect phenotypes.
• Use examples such as temperature-dependent coloration and nutrient effects to distinguish genetic vs nonheritable influences.+ Show more

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• Explain how geoscience processes like plate tectonics, sedimentation, and weathering can affect where mineral and energy resources form.
• Describe how groundwater flow and hydrologic conditions influence the location and availability of aquifers.
• Evaluate how demand, extraction impacts, and technology affect trade-offs in resource allocation and long-term availability.

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• Explain how genes and alleles contribute to inheritance of traits from parents to offspring
• Use Mendelian cross models to predict expected offspring phenotype ratios
• Apply simple probability reasoning to dominant and recessive inheritance patterns+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth systems interact through transfers of matter and energy among the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
• Describe how feedbacks (such as albedo changes and sediment transport) can amplify or slow system changes.
• Use models to connect sequential processes to observable patterns from seasons to geologic time.

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• Explain how tectonic, atmospheric, and hydrologic processes contribute to the formation of natural hazards.
• Describe patterns in hazard frequency, intensity, and spatial distribution using evidence such as records and data.
• Analyze cause-and-effect relationships between natural hazard events and impacts on communities and infrastructure.

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• Analyze comparative test data to identify which design performs best for a specific goal.
• Explain trade-offs using evidence from measurements, including averages and errors.
• Use graphs and constraints to propose data-supported improvements to a design.

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• Identify the main reproductive parts of flowering plants.
• Understand how different structures contribute to plant reproduction.
• Explore examples of plant reproductive strategies in Alberta.+ Show more