Grade 6 Science Worksheets

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• Understand the difference between weather and climate.
• Identify various weather conditions based on a description.
• Describe how weather can change throughout a day.+ Show more

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• Describe how Earth's axial tilt affects seasons
• Identify regional sky phenomena linked to Earth's tilt
• Explain how models predict sunlight duration and solar angles

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• Understand how human activities alter ecosystems through land clearing, pollution, resource extraction, and species introduction.
• Identify the effects of deforestation and pollution on biodiversity and ecosystem functions.
• Analyze how human impacts can lead to long-term environmental changes and reduced ecosystem services.+ Show more

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• Understand foundational safety principles in scientific practice.
• Identify ethical considerations in research involving organisms and community data.
• Recognize protocols for hazard prevention and proper disposal of substances.+ Show more

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• Write scientific claims that are supported by evidence and justified with reasoning.
• Interpret and describe trends shown in standardized visual summaries such as graphs and tables.
• Use clear operational definitions and transparent methods, including uncertainties and replication.+ Show more

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• Identify how genetic differences influence traits in organisms.
• Describe environmental factors that affect phenotypic variation.
• Explain the relationship between DNA, gene expression, and observable characteristics.+ Show more

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• Identify major organ systems and describe their principal functions in the human body
• Explain how organ systems interact to maintain internal balance
• Use science vocabulary to describe transport, exchange, digestion, defense, and control

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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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• Describe the key characteristics of parallel circuits, including multiple branching pathways and equal potential difference across branches.
• Explain how current divides in parallel circuits and how overall current equals the sum of branch currents.
• Compare how loads in parallel circuits behave independently and how parallel circuits differ from series circuits during faults.

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• Understand the concept of habitat restoration and its significance.
• Identify different stewardship strategies used to protect ecosystems.
• Analyze the trade-offs involved in various conservation approaches.+ 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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• Identify the independent variable and the dependent variable in an investigation
• Explain why control variables must be kept constant to make evidence reliable
• Use an experiment plan to separate the changing factor from measured outcomes

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• Identify the main organs involved in digestion
• Understand the basic functions of the digestive organs
• Learn how food is broken down and nutrients are absorbed+ Show more

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• Define and measure mass and volume of objects.
• Understand how density relates mass and volume.
• Calculate density with simple formulas.+ Show more

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• Describe the difference between fundamental and realized ecological niches.
• Explain how abiotic factors and interspecific interactions influence resource use and habitat occupation.
• Analyze examples of spatial and temporal partitioning among species.+ Show more

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• Explain how solar and lunar eclipses happen using Earth–Moon–Sun alignment and the ideas of umbra and penumbra.
• Distinguish the causal mechanisms behind eclipse visibility and tidal range by relating them to the Earth–Moon–Sun system.
• Describe how spring and neap tides form and why some coasts experience stronger tide effects.

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• Describe the orbital motions of planets and the Moon.
• Explain how gravitational interactions influence celestial bodies.
• Identify how Earth's tilt and revolution cause seasons and climate changes.+ Show more

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• Explain how roles, shared documentation standards, and communication protocols improve team science projects.
• Use trackable versioning and clear attribution to make scientific records transparent and reproducible.
• Practice constructive critique by using agreed-upon review and decision-making processes to resolve conflicting observations.

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• Identify major components of the solar system and their characteristics.
• Distinguish between terrestrial planets, gas giants, and dwarf planets.
• Understand the locations and features of asteroid and Kuiper belts.+ Show more

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• Identify independent, dependent, and controlled variables in a controlled experiment.
• Use operational definitions to clearly describe what is being measured and manipulated.
• Recognize potential confounding variables and explain how to reduce them using controls, replication, and randomization.

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• Define iterative improvement and explain its importance in science and engineering.
• Identify how evaluation results guide design refinements.
• Describe the process of testing and fixing in iterative development.+ Show more

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• Use evidence to explain how ecosystem changes can cause population increases or declines
• Interpret population data (birth/death rates, age structure, and growth patterns) to support claims
• Connect ecosystem interactions (predators, prey, invasive species, disease) to trophic cascades and recovery or collapse

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• Explain how Earth’s rotation about its axis produces alternating daylight and darkness.
• Describe how Earth’s axial rotation creates the apparent daily motion of the Sun and stars.
• Connect the timing of sunrise, solar noon, and sunset to different time zones across Alberta.+ Show more

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• Understand different types of graphs and their uses in science.
• Learn when to use line graphs, bar charts, and scatter plots.
• Recognize the importance of appropriate axis labeling and scaling.+ Show more

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• Explain how friction and pressure differences contribute to drag.
• Differentiate parasitic drag and induced drag using examples.
• Describe how reducing drag can lower required thrust and energy demands.

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• Learn how to organize data in tables and graphs.
• Identify patterns and outliers in data sets.
• Interpret trends from line graphs, bar graphs, and scatter plots.+ Show more

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• Organize numerical and categorical observations into tables and graphs for comparison
• Use consistent labels, units, and scales to read results accurately
• Identify when to use bar graphs, line graphs, and tables based on the type of data

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• Understand the different types of physical and chemical properties used to identify substances.
• Learn how to describe properties such as density, solubility, magnetism, electrical conductivity, hardness, and luster.
• Relate observed properties to real-world examples like iron, salt, oil, and copper.+ 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 balanced forces result in a net force of zero and can maintain motion at constant speed or rest
• Describe how unbalanced forces create a net force that changes an object’s speed and/or direction
• Determine the direction of the net force from a force diagram or word description of forces

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• Understand the roles of independent, dependent, and controlled variables in experiments.
• Identify operational definitions and potential confounding influences in controlled testing.
• Apply understanding of variable control to plant growth experiments under varied light conditions.+ Show more

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• Identify major components of the solar system (terrestrial planets, gas giants, ice giants, dwarf planets, asteroid belt, and Kuiper belt).
• Describe how distance from the Sun affects temperature and typical surface or atmospheric conditions.
• Explain how planet classification relates to composition and orbital behavior (such as clearing an orbital zone).+ Show more

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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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• Identify different types of observational instruments used to study the solar system.
• Explain the advantages of space-based observatories over ground-based telescopes.
• Describe how different wavelengths provide information about planetary composition, motion, and temperature.+ Show more

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• Identify the main organelles in a cell and their functions.
• Explain how organelle structure relates to its role in the cell.
• Differentiate between plant and animal cell organelles and their specialization.+ Show more

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• Explain how species richness and occurrence can be used to identify biodiversity patterns across space and time.
• Compare biodiversity patterns using island faunas, latitudinal gradients, and habitat heterogeneity.
• Describe community turnover, endemism, and colonization using ecological and historical factors.

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• Explain Earth's rotation and its effect on day and night.
• Describe how Earth's orbit and axial tilt cause seasons.
• Identify key observational events like solstices and equinoxes.+ Show more

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• Explain how temperature, humidity, and altitude affect air density.
• Describe how air density influences buoyancy and aerodynamic lift.
• Use science vocabulary to compare atmospheric conditions in different places.

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• Construct explanations predicting patterns of species interactions across ecosystems.
• Identify and differentiate mutualism, competition, predation, and parasitism.
• Compare interaction outcomes in forest, grassland, and freshwater environments.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of integrated management in forest contexts.
• Identify ecological, economic, and social objectives in forest planning.
• Explain approaches such as ecosystem-based management and adaptive harvest planning.+ Show more

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• Identify common forms of energy (kinetic, potential, thermal, chemical, electrical) in real-world situations
• Explain how energy transforms when one form changes into another in natural and engineered systems
• Use energy vocabulary to describe what energy is stored, what energy is moving, and what energy results

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• Understand how to compare properties of substances before and after interaction.
• Identify evidence that indicates new substances are formed during interactions.
• Recognize changes in color, formation of solids, release of gases, and new material behaviors as signs of chemical change.+ Show more

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• Explain how predators and prey populations can affect each other in an ecosystem.
• Describe competition and mutualism and how each relationship affects organisms.
• Use evidence to predict how changes in one population can ripple through a community.

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• Explain how heritable variation and natural selection contribute to adaptation in populations.
• Describe how geographic separation and reproductive isolation lead to speciation.
• Use evidence (morphology, reproductive compatibility, and biogeography) to support claims about speciation.

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• Explain how carbon atoms cycle through ecosystems, including processes like photosynthesis, respiration, and decomposition.
• Identify the roles of plants, animals, and the environment in the carbon cycle.
• Describe how matter is conserved and reused in ecosystems despite energy flow.+ Show more

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• Explain how different pollutants enter ecosystems from industrial, agricultural, and urban sources
• Describe how pollution can harm organisms through habitat degradation, health effects, and reduced oxygen
• Use terms bioaccumulation and biomagnification to explain how pollutants increase in top predators

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• Explain how birth and death rates, immigration and emigration, and carrying capacity affect population size
• Compare exponential growth with logistic growth using real-world examples of organisms
• Describe density-dependent and density-independent limiting factors and how they influence populations over time

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• Explain how current and voltage measurements describe circuit performance
• Identify conceptually where current and voltage instruments are connected in a circuit
• Interpret common measurement readings and patterns to infer component behavior+ Show more