Grade 6 Science Worksheets

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• Identify major parts of a tree (roots, trunk, branches, leaves, buds, bark) and describe their functions.
• Explain how form–function relationships help trees survive in different environments.
• Connect tree anatomy to real examples from Alberta habitats.

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• Understand key stewardship strategies such as habitat restoration and protected-area design.
• Evaluate trade-offs among different conservation approaches.
• Identify criteria for prioritizing biodiversity actions.+ Show more

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• Explain how producers convert energy into biomass and how consumers obtain energy by eating other organisms.
• Describe the roles of primary, secondary, and higher-level consumers in a food web.
• Predict how energy transfer limits affect the number of organisms at different trophic levels.

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• Identify the main idea of a science text about habitat fragmentation.
• Use supporting details to explain how human actions can affect ecosystems.
• Distinguish between true statements and false statements about habitat fragmentation.+ Show more

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• Describe how leaf structures support photosynthesis, gas exchange, and transpiration.
• Explain how stomata and leaf traits (leaf area and chlorophyll) affect water use efficiency and growth.
• Compare how conifers and deciduous trees manage leaf functions across seasons in Alberta.

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• Understand how variation in heritable traits influences survival and reproduction.
• Explain how environmental pressures drive changes in trait frequencies over generations.
• Identify real-world examples of natural selection, including coloration changes, beak variation, and antibiotic resistance.

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• Understand the basic concepts of inheritance and genes.
• Identify traits that are inherited from parents.
• Use simple models to predict offspring traits based on parent traits.+ Show more

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• Explain how camber, thickness, chord length, and leading-edge curvature influence pressure distribution and lift.
• Describe the differences between Bernoulli and Newtonian accounts for lift.
• Analyze how angle of attack and critical angles affect stall and lift performance.+ Show more

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• Understand how uneven heating of Earth causes air movement and wind patterns.
• Describe the process of warm air rising and cool air sinking in atmospheric circulation.
• Explain how circulation patterns influence weather and climate in different regions.+ Show more

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• Understand Earth's rotation and how it causes day and night
• Identify the effects of Earth's rotation on celestial observations
• Describe the sequence of sunrise, solar noon, and sunset+ Show more

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• Explain how gravitational attraction influences planetary orbits.
• Describe the role of mutual gravity between the Sun and planets.
• Understand elliptical orbits and orbital periods of planets.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of keystone species and their role in ecosystems.
• Identify regional case studies illustrating keystone species effects.
• Explain cascading effects caused by keystone species on biodiversity and habitat.+ 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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• Understand Earth's rotation and its role in producing day and night.
• Explain how Earth's orbit and axial tilt cause seasonal variations.
• Identify key observational clues like sunrise, sunset, and shadow length changes.+ Show more

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• Understand how scientific investigation and technological development influence each other.
• Identify tools and instruments that extend observation and measurement in science.
• Explain how technological improvements can shape scientific inquiries and models.+ Show more

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• Explain what a data table shows and what each column and row means
• Read entries accurately using labels and units
• Use basic meanings of mean (average) to describe data

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• Understand how nutrient overload affects aquatic ecosystems.
• Identify ecological indicators such as dissolved oxygen and algal biomass.
• Analyze the impact of chemical contaminants on terrestrial and aquatic life.+ Show more

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• Identify key ideas about friction and pressure differences in drag
• Distinguish between parasitic and induced drag using passage vocabulary
• Explain how design changes can reduce drag and affect required thrust

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• Understand how trees and other species contribute to ecosystem functions
• Identify keystone and indicator species in ecosystems
• Recognize the importance of species diversity for ecosystem resilience+ Show more

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• Understand how observations can be summarized and communicated scientifically.
• Learn methods for visualizing data with appropriate plots.
• Recognize the importance of citing data sources and labeling units.+ Show more

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• Define keystone species and explain why their impact can be out of proportion to their abundance.
• Describe trophic cascades and how they affect populations, biodiversity, and habitat complexity.
• Use indicators of keystone status to predict ecosystem consequences and management needs.

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• Understand how to organize data using tables.
• Interpret data from organized tables.
• Identify trends and outliers in data sets.+ Show more

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• Understand how energy can change forms during transformations.
• Identify examples of energy transformations in real-world scenarios.
• Explain the principle of conservation of energy in different systems.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of Earth's age and the geologic time scale
• Identify key principles of relative and absolute dating
• Recognize how fossils and stratigraphy are used to interpret Earth's history+ 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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• Construct evidence-based arguments about factors influencing population changes in ecosystems.
• Interpret case studies concerning predator reintroduction, invasive species, habitat fragmentation, and disease outbreaks.
• Use empirical data and quantitative metrics to analyze population responses and patterns.+ Show more

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• Explain how photosynthesis converts light energy into chemical energy stored in sugar molecules.
• Identify reactants and products of photosynthesis and describe the role of oxygen release.
• Describe how energy flows from the Sun to producers and then to other organisms through feeding.

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• Identify the two main types of drag in aircraft design
• Understand how drag affects aircraft performance
• Recognize design strategies to reduce drag

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• Understand how Indigenous and settler communities interpreted sky patterns for seasons and navigation.
• Describe oral knowledge and early astronomical records tied to solar and lunar cycles.
• Explain diverse cultural perspectives on celestial movement and seasonal prediction.+ Show more

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• Explain how wave interference leads to constructive and destructive patterns.
• Describe the concept of resonance and how standing waves are formed.
• Identify how damping influences wave energy in systems.+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth's rotation causes day and night cycles.
• Describe the apparent daily motion of celestial objects due to Earth's rotation.
• Identify key features of Earth's rotation, such as sunrise, solar noon, and sunset.+ Show more

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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 primary and secondary control surfaces and describe what each one helps control (roll, pitch, and yaw).
• Explain how deflecting a control surface changes lift and produces a turning moment.
• Describe control authority and how trim and surface sizing affect aircraft responsiveness and energy cost during maneuvers.

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• Understand how Earth's rotation causes day and night.
• Explain how Earth's tilt and orbit affect the length of daylight during seasons.
• Relate patterns of daylight variation observed in Alberta to Earth's position and orientation.+ Show more

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• Compare conservation, habitat restoration, protected-area design, and invasive-species management as solutions to maintain biodiversity.
• Evaluate trade-offs in ecosystem services such as pollination, water purification, and nutrient cycling.
• Use case studies to explain how different strategies can affect species persistence under changing environmental pressures.

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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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• Understand the four primary forces of flight: lift, thrust, drag, and weight.
• Describe how these forces interact to produce controlled aerial motion.
• Identify real-world examples from Alberta illustrating each force.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of inherited adaptations and their role in survival.
• Identify different types of adaptations in various organisms.
• Explain how adaptations match environmental conditions to improve survival.+ Show more

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• Identify different sources of error in scientific data collection.
• Distinguish between random and systematic errors and their impacts.
• Analyze data anomalies and evaluate their influence on results.+ Show more

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• Explain how near-linear alignments of the Sun, Moon, and Earth create solar and lunar eclipses
• Distinguish between total, partial, and annular eclipses using orbital geometry
• Describe why eclipses are relatively rare for a given location based on the orbits’ inclinations and timing+ Show more

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• Understand the ecological, economic, and social objectives of integrated forest management.
• Identify key strategies used in Alberta for sustainable forest practices.
• Analyze the importance of landscape-scale planning and stakeholder collaboration.+ Show more

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• Explain what systematic observation is and why it helps scientists collect reliable data.
• Distinguish qualitative notes from quantitative measurements using common instruments.
• Use sampling frequency, repeatability, and careful record-keeping to reduce bias during observations.

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• Define key vocabulary for population dynamics, including population size, limiting factors, and carrying capacity.
• Explain how births, deaths, immigration, and emigration change population size over time.
• Identify the main idea from a science text about population change.

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• Describe matter as composed of tiny particles
• Explain particle motion, collisions, and spacing
• Relate phase changes to particle behavior+ 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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• Understand how animals adapt to cold environments
• Recognize the concept of trade-offs in biological adaptations
• Analyze how structural features can have both advantages and costs

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• Explain how surface area, porosity, and suspension geometry influence drag in parachutes.
• Describe the concepts of terminal velocity and how mass-to-area ratio affects descent speed.
• Analyze how canopy design trade-offs impact descent rate and stability in different atmospheric conditions.+ Show more

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• Explain how the relative positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon determine the visible fraction of the Moon during lunar phases.
• Describe the phase sequence (new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, full) as a repeating cycle driven by orbital timing.
• Distinguish lunar phase appearance from eclipse circumstances by focusing on illumination geometry versus special alignments.