Grade 6 Science Worksheets

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• Differentiate between a fundamental niche and a realized niche and explain why the realized niche is usually smaller.
• Identify how abiotic factors (environmental conditions) and biotic interactions (other species) affect where organisms live and what resources they use.
• Use examples of temporal and spatial partitioning to explain how similar species can coexist.+ Show more

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• Explain how adaptation trade-offs occur when a helpful trait causes a cost.
• Evaluate costs and benefits of traits for survival and niche (habitat/role) occupation.
• Use examples to describe how environmental pressures shape evolutionary outcomes.

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• Explain what chemical indicators are and how they provide evidence that a chemical reaction has occurred
• Identify common indicator signs such as color change, gas production, precipitate formation, and energy changes
• Distinguish between indicators of chemical change and signs of physical change

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• Explain how decomposers break down dead organisms and waste and return matter to the environment.
• Describe how nutrients and atoms move from decomposers to producers and support ecosystem functioning.
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to connect decomposition to nutrient availability in soil and water.

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• Explain how oceans absorb, store, and release heat to moderate temperature changes.
• Describe how ocean heat affects evaporation, humidity, and atmospheric stability.
• Connect ocean circulation and ocean heat content changes to possible shifts in weather patterns.+ Show more

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• Explain how photosynthesis converts light energy into chemical energy stored in glucose and other carbon-based molecules.
• Describe the inputs and outputs of photosynthesis, including carbon dioxide, water, glucose, and oxygen.
• Compare the light-dependent reactions and the Calvin cycle in terms of what each one produces.

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• Explain how behavioral adaptations help organisms survive in changing environments.
• Compare different behavioral strategies such as migration, hibernation, and daily timing.
• Describe how behaviors work alongside structural and physiological traits.

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• Explain how drag, surface area, and porosity affect a parachute’s descent.
• Describe how terminal velocity relates to mass-to-area ratio in a drag-dominated fall.
• Compare canopy design trade-offs that change descent rate and stability.

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• Differentiate between systematic error and random error using real-world examples.
• Identify how instrument bias, procedural inconsistency, and environmental variability affect data.
• Use replication and calibration records to estimate uncertainty and judge confidence in conclusions.

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• Explain how Earth’s rotation causes day and night.
• Describe how Earth’s 23.5° axial tilt and orbit around the Sun produce seasonal changes.
• Identify solstices and equinoxes as predictable observational events.+ Show more

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• Explain why energy transfer between trophic levels is inefficient and decreases at higher levels.
• Describe how energy losses appear as heat and how some energy becomes new biomass.
• Use food chains to predict which trophic levels usually contain less usable energy.

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• Differentiate between renewable and nonrenewable natural resources and explain why renewal rates matter.
• Describe how natural resources form and where they are commonly found in regions.
• Analyze environmental and economic impacts of extracting and using natural resources.+ Show more

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• Explain how invasive species are introduced and why they can spread quickly.
• Describe how invasive species can change food webs and habitats.
• Identify both ecological and economic impacts of invasive species.+ Show more

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• Explain how particle arrangement differs between crystalline and amorphous solids.
• Use the particle model to predict how structure affects melting behavior and mechanical properties.
• Compare features such as brittleness, cleavage, and strength using evidence from bonding and order.

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• Explain how physical and conceptual models represent scientific systems and help predict outcomes.
• Use models to interpret patterns in data and identify assumptions and limitations.
• Refine a model when new evidence does not match predictions.

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• Explain how El Niño and La Niña relate to changes in ocean temperatures in the tropical Pacific.
• Describe how altered sea surface temperatures can influence evaporation, cloud formation, and wind circulation.
• Use evidence from precipitation and wind trends to connect ocean changes to broader climate impacts.

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• Identify key weather elements (temperature, precipitation, wind, cloud cover, and humidity) and how they are measured.
• Explain how multiple weather elements work together to influence forecasts.
• Use data from weather observations to make simple predictions about changes in weather.

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• Explain the difference between balanced and unbalanced forces using the idea of net force.
• Predict how an object’s speed and/or direction changes when forces do or do not cancel out.
• Connect the direction of the net force to the observable change in motion.

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• Identify common symbols used in circuit diagrams for batteries, wires, switches, resistors/loads, and meters.
• Explain how current and voltage are represented and interpreted using labels in circuit diagrams.
• Translate between a simple physical circuit description and its circuit diagram using correct connections.+ Show more

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• Describe how particle models represent matter as collections of atoms and molecules that occupy space
• Use particle diagrams to infer similarities and differences in substances and to predict changes in composition
• Explain that rearranging particles occurs during physical and chemical changes

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• Explain how the respiratory system brings oxygen to moist exchange surfaces and removes carbon dioxide by diffusion.
• Describe how lung structures and surface area adaptations increase the efficiency of gas exchange.
• Connect respiratory function with circulation in order to supply oxygen and remove metabolic wastes and heat.

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• Explain how species classification groups organisms by functional roles (producers, consumers, decomposers) and by origin (native vs invasive/pest).
• Use classification to predict effects on energy flow, competition, and ecosystem balance.
• Apply Alberta-relevant examples to distinguish native species from introduced species and describe how pests can change ecosystems.

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• Identify examples of physical properties of matter, including mass, volume, density, conductivity, melting point, and hardness.
• Explain how physical properties describe matter without changing its chemical identity.
• Distinguish physical changes from chemical changes using observable evidence related to physical properties.

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• Explain how energy moves through an ecosystem using food webs and trophic levels
• Differentiate the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in energy flow
• Interpret arrows and links in a food web to predict energy pathways

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• Explain how carbon atoms cycle through air, water, plants, and animals in an ecosystem
• Compare matter cycling with energy flow and identify where carbon enters and leaves living things
• Describe how respiration and decomposition return carbon to the environment+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth–Sun geometry affects daylight length and solar intensity during Alberta’s seasons.
• Connect Alberta’s continental climate to patterns like spring melt, summer warmth, fall transition, and winter cold.
• Describe how seasonal changes influence ecosystems, river ice breakup, and agriculture in different regions of Alberta.

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• Explain how roll, pitch, and yaw control inputs can affect each other through aerodynamic interactions
• Identify examples of adverse yaw and elevator–aileron coupling and describe the causes
• Describe engineering and piloting techniques (e.g., differential and Frise ailerons, trim systems, control mixers) used to reduce unwanted coupled responses+ Show more

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• Explain how angle of attack changes airflow patterns around an airfoil
• Describe how lift and stall onset depend on increasing angle of attack
• Connect wing incidence and control inputs to effective angle of attack during flight

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• Describe how electric forces depend on charge magnitude and separation distance
• Describe how magnetic forces depend on magnet strength/current and separation distance
• Use qualitative field ideas and data patterns to explain when forces are stronger, weaker, balanced, or unbalanced

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• Identify producers, consumers, and decomposers in food webs and explain their roles in energy flow.
• Describe how energy decreases across trophic levels and why longer food chains usually support fewer top predators.
• Explain how species removal or overgrowth can change populations throughout an interconnected community.+ Show more

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• Explain how conservation of momentum applies to isolated two-object systems during collisions.
• Use Newton’s third law (action-reaction) to describe equal and opposite forces during contact.
• Distinguish elastic and inelastic collisions using changes in motion and momentum.+ Show more

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• Use astronomical units (AU) and planetary radii to compare Earth and other planets at an appropriate scale.
• Interpret tables and charts to explain relationships among distance, planet size, and orbital period.
• Use proportional models and log scales to represent large ranges in space size and time.

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• Explain the main stages of the water cycle and describe how water changes state during the cycle.
• Trace water pathways from the atmosphere to land and oceans using evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, and infiltration.
• Use evidence from the water cycle to predict how changes can lead to wet/dry seasons or drought/flood conditions.

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• Explain how material properties help meet a design’s demands (strength, water resistance, conductivity, and durability).
• Compare materials by considering performance and practical limits like cost, availability, and ease of shaping.
• Use an example water filtration design to describe how membrane thickness, pore size, and durability affect results over time.

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• Describe how elliptical and near-circular orbits differ in distance from the central body
• Explain how orbital speed changes as an orbiting object moves closer to or farther from the central body
• Summarize how the balance of gravity and inertial motion creates stable orbiting paths for natural and artificial satellites+ Show more

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• Explain how gravity depends on mass and distance using examples such as Earth–Moon and falling objects.
• Distinguish gravity (a non-contact force) from friction (a contact force) by describing how each changes motion.
• Use evidence to support an argument about gravitational interactions and orbital behavior.

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• Explain the main steps of the hydrologic cycle and how water moves between the atmosphere, land surface, and groundwater.
• Describe how watersheds, infiltration, runoff, aquifers, and groundwater discharge affect water availability.
• Interpret simple evidence from streamflow and groundwater recharge to understand regional water sustainability.+ Show more

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• Explain how to connect a scientific claim to relevant evidence and reasoning.
• Use graphs, diagrams, and models to communicate data clearly and accurately.
• Revise scientific writing by checking for clarity, credibility, and proper citation of sources.

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• Explain how electronic sensors and digital probes collect data and why settings like sampling rate affect measurements.
• Select an appropriate digital instrumentation tool for a specific phenomenon and avoid systematic error.
• Describe basic calibration, measurement units, and how to record metadata for reliable data interpretation.

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• Explain how plate tectonics and geologic processes create mineral deposits, petroleum basins, and groundwater aquifers.
• Describe how water flow and recharge affect the availability of groundwater resources.
• Evaluate how demand, extraction impacts, and technology influence long-term resource allocation.

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• Explain how airfoil geometry (camber, thickness, chord length, and leading-edge curvature) affects pressure distribution and lift
• Compare simplified Bernoulli and Newtonian ideas for lift generation and identify key factors like angle of attack and stall
• Describe how lift and drag trade-offs change with speed and airfoil shape

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• Understand the process of photosynthesis and how plants convert sunlight into chemical energy.
• Identify the reactants and products involved in photosynthesis.
• Explain how energy is transferred and matter cycles in organisms during respiration.+ Show more

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

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• Identify examples of gravitational attraction
• Explain how mass and distance affect gravity
• Differentiate between gravitational forces and contact forces like friction+ Show more

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• Understand the principle of conservation of mass during physical and chemical changes.
• Trace atoms and mass through various physical processes.
• Recognize that mass remains constant even when molecules rearrange.+ Show more

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• Identify atoms in simple molecules
• Recognize chemical formulas of common molecules
• Use models to describe molecular structures+ Show more

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• Understand how center of mass and center of pressure influence stability in aircraft and gliders.
• Explain how design features like dihedral angles and tail volume contribute to static stability.
• Analyze regional examples such as payload effects on agricultural aircraft and wind conditions on glider flight.

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• Describe how the Sun's apparent path varies with season and latitude.
• Explain how solar elevation at noon affects day length and solar intensity.
• Compare the Sun's apparent motion in different geographic locations, such as Calgary and northern communities.+ Show more