Grade 6 Science Worksheets

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• Explain how unequal solar heating and planetary rotation create global circulation patterns.
• Identify major atmospheric cells, wind patterns, and ocean currents involved in heat and moisture transport.
• Describe the influence of circulation patterns on regional climates and phenomena like El Niño.+ Show more

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• Understand how observational and instrumental data help identify patterns in natural hazards.
• Learn methods for assessing recurrence intervals and estimating probable locations of hazards.
• Interpret examples such as earthquake catalogs, tsunami records, and flood statistics.+ Show more

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• Describe geologic processes that modify Earth's surface over different time scales.
• Identify evidence such as rock strata, fossils, and landforms used to interpret landscape evolution.
• Differentiate between rapid events like volcanic eruptions and slow processes like weathering.+ Show more

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• Describe how Earth's systems transfer matter and energy through models.
• Identify feedback mechanisms such as albedo changes and sediment transport.
• Explain the role of energy sources and sinks in system processes.+ 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 movement of water through different reservoirs in the hydrosphere.
• Use conceptual and graphical models to trace water mass transfer and energy flows within the water cycle.+ Show more

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• Describe atmospheric processes that produce local and regional weather.
• Interpret data from surface maps, temperature, and pressure measurements.
• Identify features of fronts, pressure systems, and radar observations related to weather events.+ Show more

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• Understand the principles of conservation of momentum in two-body collisions.
• Differentiate between elastic and inelastic collisions through examples.
• Identify the forces involved during contact in collisions and how they produce action-reaction pairs.+ Show more

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• Understand how electric and magnetic forces depend on source strength and distance.
• Identify examples of electrostatic and magnetic interactions.
• Explain how force magnitude varies with charge, current, and separation.+ Show more

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• Compare macroscopic properties of reactants and products to infer whether a new substance formed.
• Identify key physical properties that can change when atoms rearrange (solubility, conductivity, and melting behavior).
• Use particle-model ideas to explain why new substances show distinct characteristics from original materials.

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• Understand the relationship between net force, mass, and acceleration.
• Identify scenarios where forces act on objects and analyze their effects.
• Apply the formula net force equals mass times acceleration to solve problems.+ Show more

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• Understand how gravitational attraction depends on mass and distance.
• Differentiate between gravitational forces and contact forces like friction.
• Identify examples illustrating gravitational interactions and frictional resistance.+ Show more

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• Describe the geometric relationships among Earth, Moon, and Sun that produce lunar phases and eclipses.
• Explain the sequence of primary lunar phases and the conditions for solar and lunar eclipses.
• Use observational records to understand periodicity and predictability of Earth–Moon–Sun configurations.+ Show more

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• Explain Earth's rotation and its effect on day and night.
• Describe Earth's orbit and axial tilt causing seasons.
• Identify key points of solstices and equinoxes.+ Show more

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• Understand how gravitational attraction governs planetary and satellite orbits.
• Explain Keplerian relationships between orbit speed, period, and distance.
• Describe the role of central gravitational potential in maintaining orbital paths.+ Show more

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• Understand the relative sizes, distances, and orbital periods of planets in the solar system.
• Use astronomical units, planetary radii, and orbital data to compare celestial bodies.
• Interpret data tables and charts to analyze spatial relationships within the solar system.+ Show more

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• Compare multiple design solutions using matrices, rubrics, and prototypes.
• Evaluate solutions based on quantitative and qualitative metrics such as efficiency, durability, manufacturability, and cost.
• Use evidence-based justification and simple models to rank options for iterative refinement.+ Show more

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• Understand how traits are transmitted from parents to offspring through genes.
• Model inheritance patterns using Punnett squares and probability.
• Differentiate between dominant and recessive traits in inheritance.+ Show more

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• Understand how to define criteria and constraints for a design problem.
• Identify relevant scientific principles related to problem criteria.
• Use models and cause-effect relationships to relate design criteria to impacts.+ Show more

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• Analyze data from comparative tests to identify performance characteristics and trade-offs.
• Use graphs, averages, and error discussions to support design optimization.
• Evaluate strategies that balance competing goals such as strength versus weight or cost versus durability.+ Show more

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• Analyze the origins and patterns of natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, and floods.
• Understand the relationships between tectonic, atmospheric, and hydrologic processes in hazard occurrence.
• Evaluate evidence from historical records, seismic data, and hazard maps to interpret cause–effect links.+ Show more

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• Understand how geological processes influence the distribution of mineral, energy, and groundwater resources.
• Identify spatial patterns in resource deposits and aquifers.
• Evaluate the impacts of extraction and technological constraints on resource availability.+ Show more

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• Evaluate how population trends and resource use impact earth systems.
• Compare different sustainable practices such as renewable energy, conservation, and land management.
• Analyze trade-offs among economic, social, and environmental priorities in sustainability.+ Show more

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• Compare how kites, gliders, and round canopies use lift, drag, and control surfaces to stay in flight.
• Explain how design choices affect glide ratio, lift-to-drag performance, and maneuverability.
• Use quantitative and qualitative evidence to predict likely flight outcomes in Alberta-like conditions.

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• Identify the functions of ailerons, elevators, and rudders in changing an aircraft’s motion
• Explain how control surface deflection changes lift, drag, and aerodynamic moments
• Describe how roll, pitch, and yaw relate to aircraft attitude changes+ Show more

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• Explain the difference between parasitic drag and induced drag using evidence from flight and design examples
• Identify how surface roughness, frontal area, and lift-related wingtip vortices affect total drag
• Describe how drag influences required thrust and overall energy demands of flight

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• Explain how Earth’s tilt and orbit change the apparent Sun path across the sky over the seasons
• Describe how latitude affects sunrise and sunset positions and changes in solar elevation at noon
• Interpret observations (like shadow length and day length) to support claims about the apparent motion of the Sun

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• Explain how the Moon’s orbit around Earth creates predictable changes in lunar phases.
• Describe the geometry of Sun–Earth–Moon that causes new, quarter, gibbous, and full phases.
• Use observations of the Moon’s rising times and direction to connect motion with phase changes.

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• Explain how different organisms (trees, understory plants, fungi, and animals) contribute to ecosystem functions.
• Describe how keystone and indicator species can affect ecosystem stability and biodiversity in Alberta.
• Use evidence to infer how changes in species roles can impact food webs and resilience.

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• Identify and describe major forest types (boreal mixedwood, montane, subalpine, and aspen parkland).
• Explain how abiotic factors like elevation, soil moisture, and fire history influence forest distribution.
• Use forest-type evidence to predict habitat conditions and possible species compositions.

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• Explain how adaptation trade-offs involve both benefits and costs for survival and reproduction
• Identify examples of traits where increased protection or efficiency causes a different limitation
• Use cost-benefit reasoning to predict how environmental pressures can shape evolutionary outcomes

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• Explain how question framing, fair design, measurement strategy, data handling, and evidence-based reporting work together in an integrated synthesis inquiry
• Identify and apply key ideas of data provenance, cross-site comparability, and clear communication of limitations when combining datasets
• Use evidence from multiple sources to draw cautious, policy-relevant conclusions about environmental health

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• Identify independent, dependent, and controlled variables in a science investigation
• Use operational definitions and consistent measurement intervals to reduce environmental noise
• Explain why researchers keep controls constant to make patterns easier to detect

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• Identify major organ systems and the functions they perform in the human body
• Explain how organ systems interact to maintain internal balance (homeostasis)
• Use scientific vocabulary to describe digestion, transport, gas exchange, defense, and control

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• Explain how filtration and sieving separate mixtures using particle size and barriers.
• Identify the parts of a filtration process (porous barrier, trapped solids, and filtrate).
• Compare sieving and filtration and predict which method fits a described mixture.+ Show more

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• Explain how invasive species are introduced and why they can establish quickly in new environments.
• Describe how invasive species can alter native food webs through competition and predation.
• Analyze how ecosystem processes such as nutrient cycling and habitat structure may change after an invasion.+ Show more

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• Explain how birth rate, death rate, and resource availability affect population size over time
• Use population data patterns to infer whether a population is increasing or decreasing
• Describe how seasonal changes in resources can change survival and reproduction

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• Identify chemical evidence that indicates a new substance has formed.
• Explain why chemical evidence suggests a change in composition, not just mixing.
• Connect common indicators (color change, gas, precipitate, temperature change, persistence) to particle-level changes.

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• Identify ways human activities alter Earth's systems and cycles.
• Explain the causal links between human actions and environmental changes.
• Analyze examples of land-use change, fossil fuel use, agriculture, and waste management impacts.+ Show more

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• Explain mass conservation in terms of particles and atoms in a closed system
• Connect the idea of conserved atoms to macroscopic measurements of mass
• Use evidence from models to predict how mass changes (or does not change) during reactions

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• Understand how genetic differences and environmental factors contribute to observable variation among individuals.
• Identify models of allele combinations, mutation impacts, and environmental influences on traits.
• Explain interactions between inherited alleles and environmental conditions in phenotypic expression.+ Show more

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• Explain how lift, drag, and stability are affected by wing shape, smoothness, and orientation.
• Identify how design changes such as aspect ratio and surface area can improve or reduce flight performance.
• Use evidence from a passage to select main ideas and evaluate statements about aerodynamic principles.

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• Explain how temperature, humidity, and altitude affect air density
• Describe how air density influences buoyancy and aerodynamic lift
• Use density-related ideas to predict how identical wings may perform differently in different atmospheric conditions

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• Explain how air composition affects air behavior
• Describe how air density changes with temperature and altitude
• Model how air pressure results from collisions between gas molecules+ Show more

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• Explain how angle of attack affects lift and drag on a wing.
• Describe the role of airflow separation in producing a stall.
• Use examples from gliders and kites to predict how changing angle changes flight performance.+ Show more

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• Explain how tree growth rings record annual radial growth and what information ring width and density can provide
• Describe how dendrochronology uses growth-ring patterns to reconstruct past environmental conditions
• Use evidence from growth rings to connect tree physiology and environmental changes

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• Explain how incremental design changes (shape, mass distribution, and control surfaces) can improve aerodynamic performance and safety.
• Identify criteria and trade-offs involved in refining a design for speed, stability, and payload.
• Describe how consistent observation of flight paths and simple measurements can support design decisions.

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• Explain how static stability depends on the relationship between the center of mass and the center of pressure.
• Describe how design features such as dihedral angles and tail volume can improve longitudinal and lateral stability.
• Apply balance ideas to real situations involving changing payloads and changing wind conditions.

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• Explain how uneven heating creates pressure gradients that drive wind
• Identify how mountains and plains can change regional air flow patterns
• Describe real-life weather effects of low and high pressure zones