Grade 6 Science Worksheets

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• Define air density as mass per unit volume of air.
• Explain how temperature, humidity, and altitude affect air density.
• Describe how air density changes buoyancy and lift for the same object or wing.

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• Explain how flow strength and wind energy affect the size of particles that can be transported
• Describe how decreasing energy leads to sorting, with larger grains settling before finer sediments
• Use grain-size sorting patterns to infer how environments like streams, beaches, and deltas may have changed

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• Explain how energy transfer between trophic levels is limited by inefficient transfer and energy loss as heat.
• Describe why fewer top predators can be supported in food webs compared with primary consumers.
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to predict how removing a key food source can affect multiple trophic levels.

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• Identify key safety steps in a classroom science investigation.
• Explain how to reduce risk using a simple risk assessment process.
• Describe ethical responsibilities, including humane treatment, consent, and confidentiality.+ Show more

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• Describe how parallel circuits create multiple branching pathways for current.
• Explain why the potential difference across each parallel branch is equal.
• Predict how total current in a parallel circuit relates to the branch currents.+ Show more

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• Understand the principle of chromatography as a separation technique
• Identify the components of a chromatography setup
• Explain how solubility and affinity influence component movement+ Show more

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• Understand the conventions for reporting measurement data with appropriate units and uncertainty.
• Recognize how instrument resolution affects measurement accuracy and precision.
• Learn strategies for reducing random errors through repeated measures and averaging.+ Show more

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• Explain how habitat fragmentation changes connectivity between habitat patches
• Describe effects of fragmentation on gene flow and pollinator movement
• Identify metrics used to evaluate fragment size and corridor value+ Show more

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• Understand the principle of conservation of mass in closed systems.
• Identify examples of conservation in physical and chemical processes.
• Recognize the limitations of conservation principles in open systems.+ Show more

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• Explain how distillation separates a mixture using differences in boiling points and phase changes
• Distinguish between simple distillation and fractional distillation and when each is appropriate
• Describe how particle energy distributions and vapor pressure relate to boiling and condensation

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• Identify common measurement tools and the type of quantity each tool measures
• Explain how calibration and unit choice affect the accuracy of collected data
• Record observations consistently so the data can be graphed and compared over time

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• Explain how particle models distinguish physical changes from chemical reactions.
• Use particle diagrams to describe whether atoms rearrange into new combinations.
• Connect evidence of new substances to conservation of atoms using particle models.

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• Define diffusion and describe how particles move from high to low concentration.
• Explain how temperature affects the rate of diffusion.
• Identify factors that influence the speed of diffusion in gases and liquids.+ Show more

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• Explain how design improvements can create trade-offs between competing needs and constraints
• Connect physical properties (strength, insulation, friction, flexibility) to user needs and real-world limitations
• Make and justify trade-off decisions using evidence from a design scenario

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• Understand how energy transfer in ecosystems is not perfectly efficient.
• Explain the concept of trophic levels and energy loss.
• Describe how energy loss affects food webs and predator populations.+ Show more

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• Understand the role of decomposers in recycling nutrients in ecosystems.
• Describe the process of decomposition and its importance for environmental health.
• Identify organisms involved in decomposition and their functions.+ Show more

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• Explain how particles behave differently in solids, liquids, and gases.
• Describe how the shape and volume of matter change (or do not change) for each state.
• Connect state changes to energy changes and particle motion.

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• Distinguish between systematic error and random error and explain how each affects data.
• Identify common sources of error such as instrument bias, procedural inconsistency, and environmental variability.
• Use simple evidence (replication, calibration records, and uncertainty ideas) to judge confidence in conclusions.

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• Identify the key biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem.
• Explain how living organisms interact with nonliving factors in their habitat.
• Describe how these interactions influence the environment and organism survival.+ Show more

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• Identify the independent, dependent, and controlled variables in an Alberta science investigation.
• Explain why scientists keep controlled variables the same to see true patterns.
• Use operational definitions and consistent measurement intervals to improve data reliability.

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• Understand the difference between raw observation and inferential claims in scientific reasoning.
• Interpret patterns in data, such as distance-time graphs, to make inferences about motion.
• Assess the strength of scientific evidence and explanations based on criteria for evidence sufficiency.+ Show more

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• Describe how biodiversity can vary across space and time using measures like species richness and species occurrence.
• Compare how island faunas, latitudinal gradients, and habitat heterogeneity can affect biodiversity and endemism.
• Explain how historical records and present-day surveys can be used to estimate turnover and changes in community composition.

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• Describe how cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms are organized into nested levels of life
• Explain how the function of one level depends on the levels below it
• Predict how disruptions at a lower level can affect higher levels of biological organization

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• Identify stewardship strategies that help maintain biodiversity
• Explain trade-offs involved in real-world conservation choices
• Describe how conservation success can be measured+ Show more

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• Explain how heritable traits can change allele frequencies in a population over generations
• Distinguish heritable effects from environmental influences when studying traits
• Describe simple mechanisms of inheritance and natural selection using examples

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• Explain how material properties (strength, water resistance, and conductivity) affect a design’s performance.
• Match common materials to real-world needs by comparing their properties.
• Evaluate design trade-offs such as durability, pore size, membrane thickness, cost, and availability.+ Show more

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• Explain how genetic differences affect observable traits over generations
• Describe how environmental factors can influence phenotype
• Predict how allele combinations can produce variation+ Show more

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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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• Match data types to appropriate graph types: line graphs, bar charts, and scatter plots.
• Explain how axis labels and scale choices can change how data look.
• Use annotations to highlight key patterns in graphs.

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• Describe the three major states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas.
• Compare particle arrangement and movement in different states of matter.
• Identify everyday examples of each state and their properties.+ Show more

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• Describe how the relative positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon explain lunar phases and eclipses.
• Explain how the Moon’s gravitational pull contributes to tides.
• Use geometric reasoning to predict when the Moon appears opposite or near the Sun in the sky.

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• Explain how friction and pressure differences can create drag on moving objects
• Differentiate parasitic drag from induced drag using lift and wingtip vortices
• Describe how design changes that reduce drag can lower the thrust and energy needed

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• Explain how interference and superposition affect sound and light waves when they overlap.
• Describe constructive vs. destructive interference and how they change wave energy.
• Model how standing waves form nodes and antinodes and how resonance amplifies certain frequencies.+ Show more

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• Describe how cellular respiration converts energy in food into energy cells can use
• Explain the role of oxygen and the exchange of gases during cellular respiration
• Connect products of cellular respiration to what leaves the body as waste

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• Define lift, thrust, drag, and weight and describe how each affects motion through air
• Explain how balanced forces can cause steady flight or slow descent
• Identify which force increases or decreases in common flight examples such as kites and parachutes+ Show more

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• Identify the key components of an ecosystem
• Differentiate between abiotic and biotic factors
• Understand the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth-Moon-Sun alignment causes solar and lunar eclipses
• Distinguish the umbra and penumbra in eclipse shadows
• Explain why eclipses do not occur every month+ Show more

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• Understand how resource availability affects individual organisms and populations.
• Interpret data patterns related to resource distribution in different environments.
• Identify limiting resources such as water, soil nutrients, and light across habitats.+ Show more

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• Describe how filtration separates a mixture using particle size and whether particles can pass through a barrier
• Identify what happens to the solid residue and what happens to the liquid that flows through the filter
• Use evidence such as sediment thickness and liquid clarity to explain filtration results+ Show more

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• Explain how cells communicate using chemical and electrical signals.
• Describe how receptors translate signals into cellular responses, including signal transduction cascades.
• Differentiate rapid nervous impulses from longer-term endocrine effects.+ Show more

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• Identify the purpose of observations and how they lead to testable questions.
• Differentiate descriptive and comparative approaches in scientific investigations.
• Connect hypotheses to measurable outcomes and choose appropriate methods for observable phenomena.

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• Explain how roll, pitch, and yaw inputs create coupled responses
• Identify how differential drag produces adverse yaw during roll
• Describe how elevator–aileron coupling affects pitch-roll maneuvers+ Show more

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• Describe major types of robotic space missions (flyby, orbiter, lander, and sample-return) and what each can accomplish.
• Explain how engineering constraints such as distance and communication delay affect mission design and operations.
• Connect mission design choices (gravity assists, propulsion, instrumentation, and data return) to the types of measurements collected.

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• Describe how angle of attack changes airflow and lift production
• Identify linear and post-stall lift regimes as angle increases
• Explain how wing incidence changes effective angle of attack+ Show more

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• Describe how the scientific method can be used to solve a local stewardship problem.
• Explain the importance of consent, cultural sensitivity, and respectful communication when collecting community observations.
• Use evidence evaluation skills to validate community-contributed records.+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth’s four system spheres—geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere—interact
• Describe how matter and energy move between spheres through processes such as weathering, evaporation, cloud formation, and biological activity
• Use gravity and energy concepts to predict how changes in one sphere can affect other spheres

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• Identify producers, consumers, and decomposers in food webs
• Explain how energy transfers between trophic levels and why energy decreases
• Describe how removing or adding species can change a food web’s balance+ Show more

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• Explain how stream and wind energy affects the size of sediment particles that can be transported.
• Describe how decreasing energy leads to sorting and deposition of larger particles first.
• Identify real-world landforms (such as stream bars and sandbars) that result from sediment sorting.