Grade 6 Science Worksheets

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• Define what a niche in an ecosystem is.
• Identify different types of niches in various habitats.
• Explain how species coexist without competing directly by occupying different niches.+ Show more

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• Explain how friction opposes motion between two contacting surfaces
• Describe how surface texture affects the distance an object slides
• Connect friction and air resistance to energy transfer and changes in motion

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• Explain Bernoulli’s idea using the relationship between fluid speed and pressure.
• Use vocabulary (pressure, speed, gradient, lift, circulation) in context.
• Describe how pressure differences around an airfoil can contribute to lift.

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• Explain how a scientific model leads to a testable prediction.
• Distinguish between evidence that supports a prediction and evidence that suggests a model needs refinement.
• Describe how uncertainty and evaluation criteria affect how scientists interpret results.

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• Understand the hierarchy of biological levels from cells to organisms.
• Identify the roles of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.
• Explain how each level contributes to the overall functioning of an organism.

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• Compare solids, liquids, and gases by using the ideas of shape, volume, and particle motion.
• Explain how changes in state are connected to energy and how particles move.
• Use accurate vocabulary (particle, volume, energy, motion, state) to describe matter.

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• Explain how energy from the Sun and forces like gravity drive Earth system processes.
• Describe how heating affects water states, evaporation, and cloud formation.
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to show how gravity influences the movement and accumulation of water and sediments.+ Show more

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• Explain how a series circuit forms a single-path (one-loop) configuration for current.
• Describe why the current is the same through each element in a series circuit.
• Use the idea of voltage division to predict how voltage is shared across series components.+ Show more

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• Explain how uneven heating of Earth leads to rising and sinking air in different regions
• Describe how global wind patterns affect moisture transport and typical weather
• Use basic circulation ideas to predict how weather systems can form and move

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• Identify key traits of solids, including shape retention and particle spacing.
• Match everyday examples to the state of matter based on observable properties.

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• Understand how plants absorb carbon dioxide during photosynthesis.
• Learn how carbon moves through living organisms and the environment.
• Identify the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in carbon cycling.+ Show more

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• Describe the main pathways of the water cycle, including evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, and infiltration.
• Explain how energy changes cause water to change state as it moves through the atmosphere, land, and oceans.
• Connect water cycle pathways to real-world effects such as wet/dry seasons and drought or flooding.

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

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• Explain how alignment in the Earth–Moon–Sun system produces solar and lunar eclipses.
• Distinguish umbra and penumbra and describe their effects on what people see.
• Model tidal ranges using the differential gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun.+ Show more

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• Distinguish between weather and climate based on their characteristics and timeframes.
• Identify examples of weather and climate phenomena from observations.
• Explain how weather and climate patterns are studied and interpreted.+ Show more

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• Explain how thermal energy transfers by conduction, convection, and radiation.
• Use observable temperature changes and material properties (like thermal conductivity) to predict heat flow.
• Identify heat transfer behavior in simple open and closed systems.

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• Understand what physical changes are and how they differ from chemical changes.
• Identify examples of physical changes in everyday life.
• Explain the reversible nature of most physical changes.+ Show more

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• Understand the process of photosynthesis in plants.
• Identify the role of sunlight and gases in photosynthesis.
• Explain how plants produce food and energy.+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth's systems interact through matter and energy transfers.
• Identify feedback mechanisms such as albedo changes, sediment transport, and nutrient movement.
• Describe energy sources, sinks, and phase-change energy transfers in Earth systems.+ Show more

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• Identify the main idea and key details about biodiversity roles.
• Explain how different species interact to support ecosystem functions.
• Use vocabulary such as keystone species, indicator species, pollination, seed dispersal, and nutrient cycling.

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• Explain how evaluation data can guide design changes in iterative improvement.
• Describe how function and constraints can be refined while maintaining safe trade-offs.
• Use evidence from testing to justify a next prototype modification.

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• Explain how chemical energy in food molecules is transformed to power life processes.
• Describe how energy is conserved in organisms as it changes form (useful energy and heat).
• Use evidence from a scientific passage to support claims about how feeding supports sustained functioning.

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• Describe major ways human activities affect forests and forest ecosystems.
• Explain how habitat fragmentation and pollution can harm species and water quality.
• Identify how cumulative effects can change ecological processes over time.+ Show more

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• Describe how trophic levels organize organisms by where they get energy in an ecosystem.
• Identify producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and higher-level consumers.
• Explain why decomposers are not placed neatly into consumer trophic levels.+ Show more

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• Understand the relative sizes and distances among the Sun, Earth, and Moon
• Describe the gravitational interactions that keep the Earth and Moon in orbit
• Recognize the role of the Sun as the dominant gravitational influence+ Show more

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• Explain how systematic sky observations help identify repeating patterns over time.
• Use daily records of sunrise, sunset, Moon phases, and star positions to describe apparent motions.
• Connect observed sky patterns to Earth’s rotation and orbit relative to the Sun.

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• Understand the concepts of light reflection and refraction
• Identify how light changes direction when meeting different surfaces
• Explain how lenses focus and disperse light+ Show more

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• Understand how water causes erosion and shapes Earth's surface.
• Identify different landforms created by erosion and deposition.
• Describe factors that influence the rate of erosion.

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• Identify different decomposers such as fungi and bacteria
• Explain how decomposers break down dead organisms and waste
• Understand the role of decomposers in returning nutrients to ecosystems+ 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 the independent variable, dependent variable, and appropriate controls in an experiment.
• Explain how keeping constants consistent improves the reliability of evidence.
• Predict how changing one variable while controlling others affects results.

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• Understand how material properties influence their suitability for different applications.
• Compare the factors like strength, water resistance, and conductivity in material selection.
• Analyze how practical limitations such as cost and availability affect material choices.+ Show more

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• Identify the main biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem.
• Explain how living and nonliving factors interact within habitats.
• Understand the influence of environmental factors like sunlight, water, and soil on living organisms.+ Show more

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• Differentiate physical changes from chemical changes using observable evidence such as gas formation, precipitate formation, permanent color change, and temperature change.
• Identify which evidence is more consistent with chemical change versus physical change.
• Explain how conservation of matter applies to both physical and chemical changes.

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• Explain diurnal rising and setting as apparent motion caused by Earth’s rotation
• Describe how Earth’s orbit around the Sun leads to apparent changes in the Sun’s position over a year
• Use the celestial sphere and horizon concepts to interpret the apparent paths of visible stars

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• Describe how flowers, cones, seeds, and vegetative propagation help plants reproduce.
• Explain how seed dispersal mechanisms (wind, animals, gravity) affect where plants grow.
• Compare examples of reproductive adaptations in Alberta (e.g., lodgepole pine cones and aspen root suckering) and relate them to survival after disturbance.

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• Identify observable indicators that a chemical reaction has formed a new substance.
• Explain how chemical evidence suggests changes in composition rather than temporary mixing.
• Use examples (such as rusting and burning) to connect evidence to particle-level rearrangements.

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• Understand the difference between reactants and products in a chemical reaction.
• Learn how to identify reactants and products from particle diagrams.
• Explain how the properties of substances change after a chemical reaction.+ Show more

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• Explain how propellers create axial thrust by accelerating air backward
• Compare jet propulsion and propeller propulsion using Newton’s third law and momentum
• Describe how thrust-to-weight ratio affects acceleration and climb+ Show more

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• Understand different types of energy: potential and kinetic
• Identify examples of energy transformations in daily life
• Explain how energy changes form while the total energy remains constant

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• Explain how uneven solar heating and Earth’s rotation drive global atmospheric circulation.
• Describe the roles of Hadley, Ferrel, and polar cells in forming trade winds and westerlies.
• Connect ocean currents and thermohaline circulation to heat transport and moisture distribution.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of mass wasting and its role in shaping Earth's surface.
• Identify different types of mass wasting such as rockfalls, landslides, and slumps.
• Recognize natural triggers and conditions that cause mass wasting.+ Show more

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• Explain how and why new substances can form different properties after a chemical reaction.
• Use macroscopic observations (solubility, conductivity, melting behavior) to distinguish new substances from physical changes.
• Connect particle models to changes in composition caused by atomic rearrangement.

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• Use a dichotomous key to identify an organism based on contrasting traits
• Construct a simple binary branch by choosing traits that split options clearly
• Evaluate identification accuracy by checking how traits vary by stage or sex

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• Explain how Earth’s axial tilt changes the solar angle in each hemisphere during the year.
• Describe how Earth’s orbit around the Sun and its tilt lead to solstices and equinoxes.
• Connect latitude-dependent solar energy to differences in seasonal climate and biological cycles.

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• Identify increasing, decreasing, and constant trends in graphs
• Describe different pattern types using appropriate language
• Understand how graphs represent relationships between data points+ Show more

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• Explain how voltage, current, and resistance are related in a simple circuit using proportional reasoning.
• Use measured values to calculate or predict how circuit variables change when resistance changes.
• Compare how current and resistance behave in series versus parallel circuits using qualitative quantitative relationships.

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• Explain how competition occurs when organisms need limited resources
• Describe direct and indirect competition and how each can affect survival
• Connect changes in resource availability to changes in population size+ Show more