Grade 6 Science Worksheets

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• Explain how energy moves and changes form during photosynthesis and cellular respiration
• Describe how matter cycles through chloroplasts and mitochondria during chemical processes
• Use examples (stomata, leaf gas exchange, oxygen consumption) to connect energy pathways to real observations

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• Explain how scientific inquiry begins with careful observations and leads to testable questions
• Identify how measurement and evidence support reliable explanations in investigations
• Use logical reasoning to connect results to conclusions and communicate findings clearly

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• Explain what a trade-off is in engineering and design choices
• Connect material properties (strength, flexibility, insulation, friction) to user needs and constraints
• Justify design decisions by describing what improves and what limitations result

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• Understand the concept of habitat fragmentation and its effects on ecosystems.
• Identify examples of human activities that cause habitat fragmentation.
• Analyze how habitat fragmentation impacts species diversity and gene flow.+ Show more

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• Understand what mutualism is and how it benefits species in forests
• Identify examples of mutualism in forest ecosystems
• Explain how mutualism helps species survive and thrive in their habitats+ Show more

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• Identify producers, consumers, and decomposers in a pond ecosystem.
• Understand how energy flows from one organism to another in a food chain.
• Recognize trophic levels and the transfer of energy among organisms.

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• Identify the key forces involved in flight: lift, drag, thrust, and gravity.
• Understand how airplane and device shapes affect their aerodynamic performance.
• Recognize how modifications in design, such as wing curvature and surface area, influence flight stability.+ Show more

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• Understand the law of conservation of mass and its implications in physical and chemical processes.
• Differentiate between closed and open systems regarding mass changes.
• Apply the principle of mass conservation to real-world examples and experiments.+ Show more

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• Understand methods for summarizing patterns in scientific data.
• Learn to select appropriate visuals such as bar, line, and scatter plots for representing Alberta phenomena.
• Gain skills in citing data sources, labelling units, and crafting clear evidence-based summaries.+ Show more

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• Explain how designers balance competing goals like lift, drag, weight, and stability when optimizing a vehicle.
• Use the idea of safety margins and stall/stability buffers to describe why performance envelopes matter.
• Describe Pareto trade-offs and how iterative tuning of design parameters can lead to viable configurations for a mission.

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• Explain how uneven solar heating and Earth’s rotation drive large-scale atmospheric circulation.
• Describe how Hadley, Ferrel, and polar cells relate to trade winds, mid-latitude westerlies, and polar easterlies.
• Use ocean-current patterns and thermohaline circulation to predict regional differences in temperature and rainfall.+ Show more

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• Understand how to interpret different patterns in graphs, such as increasing, decreasing, and constant trends.
• Identify and describe patterns like scatter, plateau, and curved change using quantitative language.
• Apply models to summarize the shape of graph patterns and compare multiple conditions.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of iterative improvement and how it involves evaluation and refinement.
• Identify the steps involved in using data to improve prototypes or designs.
• Explain how trade-offs are managed during iterative design processes.+ Show more

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• Understand the process of evaporation as a method of separating soluble solids from liquids.
• Identify evidence that indicates evaporation has occurred during a separation process.
• Differentiate evaporation from other separation techniques based on the change of state.+ Show more

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• Understand how land-use changes influence ecosystems and climate.
• Identify human activities that affect biogeochemical cycles.
• Analyze the causal relationship between land development and environmental trends.

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• Identify different types of structural adaptations in animals
• Differentiate between structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations
• Understand how adaptations influence animal survival and reproduction

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• Explain how incremental design changes can improve aerodynamic performance while maintaining safety.
• Identify trade-offs between speed, stability, and payload during design refinement.
• Describe how consistent observation of flight paths and simple measurements support testing decisions.

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• Explain how roll, pitch, and yaw controls can produce coupled aircraft responses.
• Describe adverse yaw and how it can result from differential drag during roll.
• Identify design and control techniques (like differential and Frise ailerons) that reduce unwanted coupling.+ Show more

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• Describe how different conservation strategies (protected areas, habitat restoration, sustainable harvesting, and invasive species control) help maintain ecosystem balance.
• Explain how trade-offs among ecological goals, economic needs, and social values can affect conservation decisions.
• Use monitoring information to evaluate whether conservation strategies improve habitat and species resilience over time.

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• Explain how observed circuit symptoms can be used to infer possible faults.
• Compare expected measurement patterns for series and parallel circuits to diagnose issues.
• Describe how component behavior helps narrow down likely causes of unequal brightness and abnormal readings.

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• Understand how species occurrence and richness reveal biodiversity patterns across different ecosystems.
• Analyze comparisons of island faunas, latitudinal gradients, and habitat heterogeneity to interpret biodiversity variation.
• Explain how ecological and historical factors like habitat fragmentation and colonization influence species distribution.

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• Identify major forest types and describe how their species composition differs.
• Explain how abiotic factors such as elevation, soil moisture, and fire history affect where forests grow.
• Use forest types to predict likely habitat conditions and ecosystem services.

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• Understand the concept of fitness trade-offs in adaptation strategies.
• Differentiate between specialist and generalist adaptations and their benefits and costs.
• Analyze examples such as mountain versus lowland ecotypes and nocturnal versus diurnal insects.+ Show more

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• Understand what growth rings are and how they form in trees.
• Learn how growth rings can tell us about a tree's age and the environment during different years.
• Identify parts of a tree where growth rings are visible.+ Show more

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• Distinguish independent and dependent variables in simple investigations.
• Define variables using operational definitions and explain why they matter.
• Use controlled comparisons and identify constants to make a fair test.+ Show more

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• Explain how predation, herbivory, parasitism, competition, and mutualism affect organisms in an ecosystem.
• Describe how trophic interactions can change population size, behavior, and community structure.
• Use evidence from scenarios to identify the type of trophic interaction.

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• Explain conservation of mass in a closed system during physical and chemical processes using before-and-after measurements
• Use concrete examples (sealed reactions and closed-container phase changes) to distinguish conservation evidence from mass loss
• Identify why conservation of mass may not hold in open systems where mass exchange occurs

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• Construct evidence-based arguments linking ecosystem changes to population increases or declines.
• Analyze case studies such as predator reintroduction, invasive species, habitat fragmentation, and disease outbreaks.
• Interpret empirical data sets and longitudinal observations to understand population responses.+ Show more

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• Differentiate between physical changes and chemical changes based on what happens to matter
• Identify evidence of chemical changes such as gas formation, color change, and permanent texture changes
• Explain how particle rearrangement differs from particle bonding in physical vs chemical changes

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• Explain how flowers and cones support reproduction in plants.
• Describe how seeds and different dispersal mechanisms affect where plants grow.
• Compare vegetative propagation and seed-based reproduction in terms of regeneration and genetic diversity.

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• Identify producers, herbivores, and carnivores within food webs.
• Understand the flow of energy from producers to consumers.
• Recognize roles of decomposers in nutrient recycling.+ Show more

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• Explain why mixtures can be separated without forming a new substance
• Identify physical properties used to separate components of a mixture
• Match common separation methods to the mixtures and properties they use+ 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 key scientific evidence used in a policy decision.
• Explain how uncertainty and costs can affect policy choices.
• Use evidence and stakeholder values to justify a decision.

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• Explain how climate data collected over many years is different from weather data about one day.
• Interpret how graphs of temperature and precipitation show averages, variability, and possible extremes.
• Use evidence from multiple years to compare current climate patterns with historical baselines.

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• Understand how to measure temperature using thermometers
• Identify different types of measurement tools used in science
• Learn how environmental factors affect temperature readings+ Show more

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• Identify problems, criteria, constraints, solutions, and prototypes
• Sequence the steps of the engineering design process
• Compare design solutions using criteria and test data+ Show more

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• Explain how nutrient loading contributes to eutrophication in aquatic ecosystems.
• Describe how chemical contaminants can cause endocrine disruption and bioaccumulation in organisms.
• Use measurable indicators (dissolved oxygen, algal biomass, contaminant residues) to connect pollution to changes in species diversity and ecosystem functioning.

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• Explain how xylem and phloem move water, minerals, and sugars through a tree.
• Describe how freeze–thaw cycles, drought, and pest damage can change sap flow patterns.
• Identify how bark traits help protect trees from herbivory and fire.

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• Understand the concept of kinetic energy
• Identify different forms of energy as they appear in real examples
• Recognize how energy transforms from one form to another

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• Explain how evidence supports a scientific claim by linking observations to an accepted concept or mechanism.
• Describe evidence using trends, ranges, and comparisons between expected and observed values.
• Compare competing explanations by deciding which one is better supported by the evidence.

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• Describe how Earth’s water is stored in major reservoirs (oceans, lakes, rivers, groundwater, glaciers, and the atmosphere).
• Explain how water transfers between reservoirs when it changes state (solid, liquid, gas) and through processes like precipitation and runoff.
• Use reservoir connections to predict how water availability can change over time.

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• Understand how anatomical and molecular traits support hypotheses of common ancestry.
• Identify homologous structures, vestigial organs, and conserved DNA sequences.
• Interpret patterns of similarity and difference among taxa using phylogenetic trees.+ Show more

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• Understand how to identify simple temperature patterns over time
• Learn to interpret visual data representations of environmental trends
• Recognize the significance of seasonal and long-term temperature cycles+ Show more

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• Describe how stewardship practices (planting, shelterbelts, urban canopy programs, and Indigenous land care) support ecosystems in Alberta.
• Explain how local actions can improve habitat connectivity, carbon storage, and water regulation over time.
• Use vocabulary from land stewardship to answer questions about cause and effect in landscapes.+ Show more

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• Describe the characteristics of solids, liquids, and gases.
• Explain how particles behave in each state of matter.
• Identify changes in energy that cause state changes.

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• Describe different wing shapes and their functions
• Identify features such as camber, thickness, and aspect ratio
• Explain how wing design affects lift and maneuverability+ Show more

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• Identify observable properties of matter (color, hardness, texture, and conductivity) and explain how they help describe substances.
• Classify matter based on its form (solid, liquid, or gas) and connect form to observable behavior.
• Use evidence from comparisons to support predictions about how materials will respond to heat or electricity.