Grade 6 Science Worksheets

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• Explain how cells convert energy and exchange materials to support life processes.
• Describe photosynthesis and cellular respiration as linked pathways for energy transfer and gas exchange.
• Use the ideas of diffusion and transport to predict how materials move across cell membranes.

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• Describe key structures of the respiratory and digestive systems and explain how each structure supports its function.
• Explain how gas exchange in the lungs happens through efficient diffusion driven by concentration differences.
• Model how digestion breaks food into smaller molecules that can enter circulation.+ 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 how the heart and blood vessels work together to move blood through the body.
• Describe how oxygen, glucose, carbon dioxide, and wastes are transported during circulation.
• Connect circulation to the respiratory and digestive systems.

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• Explain that in a closed system total energy stays constant even as energy changes form.
• Identify energy transformations among kinetic, potential, and thermal energy and describe likely transfers as heat or work.
• Use energy accounting to predict what happens to systems in collisions, circuits, or chemical reactions.

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• Identify common forms of energy (kinetic, potential, thermal, chemical, electrical) and describe what they have to do with in everyday systems.
• Explain how energy can transform from one form to another (including examples like sunlight to chemical energy and combustion to thermal energy).
• Use energy vocabulary to predict how energy moves in natural and engineered processes.

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• Explain how renewable energy systems transform environmental energy into usable electrical energy.
• Describe why energy losses (heat and friction) reduce net usable energy in real systems.
• Use conservation of energy to predict limits and trade-offs among generation, conversion, and storage.

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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 what a design problem is and identify the need behind the problem
• Use measurable requirements and constraints to evaluate potential solutions
• Generate solution ideas using sketches, dimensions, and performance goals+ Show more

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• Explain how evaporation, precipitation, and runoff move water through the water cycle.
• Describe how infiltration and groundwater recharge help store freshwater over time.
• Analyze how land cover and temperature affect streamflow and local humidity.

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• Explain how heat transfer affects the energy and motion of particles in matter.
• Compare melting, freezing, evaporation, and boiling as changes in state.
• Use the particle model to predict how temperature and state changes are related.+ Show more

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• Identify trends on graphs, such as increasing, decreasing, plateau, and curved change.
• Describe graph patterns using quantitative language (including axis values and units).
• Use evidence from scatter plots and line graphs to make comparisons between conditions.+ Show more

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• Explain how species richness, abundance, and evenness describe biodiversity in different ecosystems.
• Use sampling ideas (transects and quadrats) to quantify biodiversity and compare habitats.
• Interpret simple biodiversity indices and relate diversity patterns to ecosystem stability, resilience, and conservation.

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• Explain how adaptation tradeoffs connect to fitness in changing environments
• Compare specialists and generalists by their benefits and costs
• Use examples (plants, insects, and migration) to predict which strategy may be favored under fluctuating conditions+ Show more

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• Distinguish structural, behavioural, and physiological adaptations and give examples of each.
• Explain how adaptations can improve survival and reproductive success in a specific niche.
• Describe how inherited traits differ from acquired characteristics and how natural selection changes traits over generations.+ Show more

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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 nutrient loading causes eutrophication in aquatic ecosystems and how it affects dissolved oxygen.
• Describe how chemical contaminants can disrupt hormones in amphibians and harm biodiversity.
• Connect bioaccumulation and biomagnification to contaminant residues and effects on top predators.

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• Explain the difference between static and dynamic stability using center of gravity and aerodynamic effects
• Describe how wing geometry and control surfaces influence longitudinal, lateral, and directional stability
• Identify stability behaviors such as damping, phugoid, and Dutch roll and their implications for safe control+ Show more

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• Describe how different observational instruments (optical, radio, spectrometers, and space-based observatories) collect information about the solar system.
• Explain how wavelength helps determine composition, motion, and temperature of space objects.
• Compare ground-based and space-based observing platforms and identify key advantages of avoiding atmospheric distortion.

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• Explain how the changing relative positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon create the visible fractions of the Moon during its phases.
• Describe the typical sequence of lunar phases and relate it to the Moon’s repeating cycle over time.
• Distinguish lunar phase appearance from eclipse circumstances using observational patterns.

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• Explain how observed symptoms can be used to infer likely circuit faults using series and parallel expectations.
• Use circuit topology (where components are connected) to predict measurement patterns such as current and voltage behavior.
• Justify diagnostic conclusions by comparing predicted outcomes with observed meter readings and brightness changes.

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• Identify common circuit symbols for cells, batteries, resistors, lamps, switches, ammeters, and voltmeters
• Explain how the orientation and placement of symbols shows how components are connected
• Interpret series, parallel, and mixed circuit topologies from schematic diagrams

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• Explain how charge transfer during rubbing or contact can create temporary static electricity.
• Use the triboelectric series idea to predict the usual direction of charge tendency for common materials.
• Describe attraction, repulsion, and spark discharge as effects of electrostatic charge behavior.+ Show more

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• Explain the roles of ammeters and voltmeters in measuring electrical quantities.
• Use the units of ampere (A) and volt (V) to interpret instrument readings.
• Predict how ideal instruments behave when connected in series or parallel in simple circuits.+ Show more

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• Compare insulating materials by relating their electron structure to the movement of electric charge.
• Explain how insulators reduce charge flow and improve electrical safety.
• Use examples such as rubber, glass, and dry wood to distinguish insulating behavior from conducting behavior, including surface effects.

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• Describe how free electrons in metals allow electrical charge to flow
• Explain how material type, temperature, and cross-sectional area affect conductivity
• Compare common conductors (copper, aluminum, and graphite) and relate structure to electrical performance+ Show more

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• Write testable scientific questions and identify the independent and dependent variables in a scenario.
• Use operational definitions and fair-test design to separate variables and make controlled comparisons.
• Explain how documentation, reproducibility, and limitations support evidence-based conclusions.

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• Explain how air composition is made of gases and how that composition stays fairly constant in everyday conditions.
• Describe how air density changes with altitude and temperature and how this affects weather and wind.
• Relate air pressure to collisions between gas molecules and predict simple cause-and-effect outcomes.

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• Explain how angle of attack influences lift and drag on a wing.
• Describe the relationship between increasing angle of attack and stall conditions.
• Use examples (kites and small gliders) to predict how changing angle affects motion.

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• Explain how ailerons, elevators, and rudders change airflow to create aerodynamic moments.
• Describe how deflecting control surfaces alters lift and produces rolling, pitching, and yawing motions.
• Connect control-surface responses to real-world flight examples, including short-field operations and crosswind control.

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• Explain how incremental design changes (shape, mass distribution, and control surfaces) can improve aerodynamic performance and safety.
• Use criteria and observations to evaluate whether a modification achieves the intended trade-off among speed, stability, and payload.
• Describe how simple measurements and consistent flight-path observations can support evidence-based design refinement.

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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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• Explain how streamlined shapes reduce aerodynamic resistance by improving airflow around an object
• Identify design features of streamlining (rounded noses, tapered tails, smooth surfaces) and link them to pressure and drag effects
• Apply streamlining ideas to everyday and engineered examples to predict effects on speed, stability, and energy use

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• Describe predictable patterns in the sky related to the Sun, Moon, planets, and constellations from a fixed location.
• Explain how seasonal star patterns and the apparent motion of celestial objects can support timekeeping and navigation.
• Use observations of celestial motion to make reasonable predictions about what will be seen later.

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• Explain how Earth’s axial tilt changes the solar angle across the year
• Describe how changes in solar angle affect day length and seasonal heating
• Connect seasonal tilt to climate and observable patterns in Alberta

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• Describe how the Sun’s position changes during the day and how that changes shadow length and direction.
• Explain how seasonal changes in Sun angle affect the longest and shortest shadows over the year.
• Use observations of shadows to connect Earth’s rotation and axial tilt to day/night and seasons.

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• Describe how the apparent motion of the sky can be identified through systematic observations over time
• Use recorded patterns (sunrise/sunset, Moon phases, and star positions) to explain repeating cycles
• Relate observed sky changes to Earth’s rotation and orbit and the Moon’s orbit around Earth

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• Describe major ways humans impact forests and related habitats.
• Explain how human impacts can change habitat connectivity, soil, water quality, and species composition.
• Identify examples of cumulative effects and how they influence ecological processes.

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• Explain how root systems help trees anchor, absorb water and nutrients, and store energy.
• Compare taproots and lateral roots and describe where each root form is most helpful.
• Describe how mycorrhizal associations can improve drought resilience and nutrient uptake.+ Show more

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• Identify examples of digital sources used for local environmental inquiry.
• Explain how to verify key dataset details such as metadata, time resolution, and spatial coverage.
• Describe why licensing and standardized formats matter when combining data from multiple providers.+ Show more

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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 why choosing a measurement tool and units affects the accuracy of collected data.
• Use measurement tools responsibly by calibrating and recording observations consistently.
• Represent measurement information clearly so it can be compared across time and locations.

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• Explain what measurement uncertainty means and why it affects the confidence of conclusions
• Identify common sources of uncertainty in real scientific measurements
• Estimate uncertainty using repeated measurements and compare results using ranges or percent error

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• Identify safe choices for using common field measurement tools (thermometers, pH probes, handheld anemometers, and electronic dataloggers).
• Describe proper handling, storage, cleaning, and battery management to prevent equipment damage and incorrect data.
• Explain how to reduce contamination of samples and protect people when working near wetlands or river edges.

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• Explain how chemical energy stored in food can be transformed to power life processes in organisms.
• Describe how energy is conserved during cellular work (energy changes form, not created or destroyed).
• Distinguish between useful energy for body functions and energy lost as heat.+ Show more

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• Explain how limited resources lead to competition between organisms.
• Describe how direct and indirect competition can affect survival and reproduction.
• Use evidence from a scenario to predict how population sizes may change.

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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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• Explain how food molecules provide both chemical building materials and stored energy in the body
• Describe how digestion breaks large food molecules into smaller molecules that can be absorbed
• Connect specific food molecules to different cell needs, such as structure and quick energy+ Show more