Grade 6 Worksheets

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• Understand the water cycle and its connection to Earth's systems.
• Identify processes such as evaporation, precipitation, runoff, and groundwater recharge.
• Explain how land cover and temperature influence water resources.+ Show more

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• Understand the roles of different species in maintaining ecosystem functions.
• Identify examples of keystone and indicator species in Alberta.
• Explain how species diversity contributes to ecosystem resilience.+ Show more

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• Explain how net force and mass influence the motion of objects.
• Describe real-life scenarios involving forces, such as carts on tracks and tugging systems.
• Apply the formula net force equals mass times acceleration to analyze motion.+ Show more

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• Identify cause-and-effect relationships in an abiotic influence text.
• Explain how temperature can change organism processes and behavior.
• Use evidence from a passage to answer science questions.

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• Define mass and volume in simple, accurate terms
• Explain density as a quantitative property that links mass and volume
• Use a basic density calculation with whole numbers and interpret what it means

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• Identify where measurement and observation errors can enter scientific data.
• Distinguish common limitations from random and systematic error.
• Use examples to explain how errors can affect data quality and conclusions.

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• Explain what makes a hypothesis measurable and testable
• Identify variables in a controlled test and how they are measured
• Describe how to choose a control condition for a fair comparison+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of a food web and how it differs from individual food chains.
• Identify different organisms that are part of a food web.
• Recognize the interconnected feeding relationships in a community.

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• Understand how changes in temperature, humidity, and altitude affect air density.
• Explain the relationship between air density and aerodynamic lift.
• Analyze how local atmospheric conditions influence flight performance in different environments.

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• Understand the importance of privacy in medical data
• Identify ethical issues related to data use
• Recognize the criteria for ethical decision-making in science

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• Identify the different layers of Earth's internal structure.
• Understand the processes that drive plate movements and tectonic activity.
• Recognize different types of plate boundaries and their features.

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• Understand how water, minerals, and sugars are transported within a plant stem via xylem and phloem.
• Explain how stem characteristics contribute to protection and resource allocation in trees.
• Connect stem transport mechanisms to how trees respond to environmental factors like climate, pests, and fire.

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• Identify criteria that indicate a chemical reaction has occurred using qualitative data.
• Analyze quantitative data such as mass and temperature changes to determine if new substances are formed.
• Interpret indicators like color change, gas evolution, precipitate formation, and temperature change in chemical reactions.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of Earth's rotation and how it causes day and night.
• Explain the apparent motion of celestial objects due to Earth's rotation.
• Describe how Earth's rotation influences the sequence of sunrise, noon, and sunset.+ Show more

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• Understand the components and functions of the musculoskeletal system.
• Identify how bones, muscles, and joints work together to support movement.
• Explain the interaction between the musculoskeletal system and other body systems.

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• Describe how Earth's systems interact through transfers of matter and energy.
• Identify feedback mechanisms such as albedo changes, sediment transport, and nutrient movement.
• Explain energy sources and sinks within Earth's systems.+ Show more

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• Analyze how scientific data influences societal decisions and policies.
• Evaluate the trade-offs between economic growth and environmental protection.
• Identify indicators used to measure the effectiveness of public health and environmental measures.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of systematic observation and data collection.
• Distinguish between qualitative notes and quantitative measurements in observations.
• Identify common instruments used for scientific observations.+ Show more

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• Understand how electric and magnetic forces depend on source strength and separation distance.
• Identify examples of electrostatic and magnetic interactions in everyday life.
• Explain how factors like charge magnitude and current affect electromagnetic forces.+ Show more

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• Understand how the Sun's apparent position changes with seasons and latitude.
• Describe how solar elevation at noon varies across different times of year and locations.
• Compare the Sun's apparent motion in Alberta's different communities.+ Show more

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• Understand sources of systematic and random error in scientific data.
• Identify methods used to estimate the effects of errors on results.
• Describe how environmental, procedural, and instrument-related errors impact data accuracy.+ Show more

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• Identify the four main aerodynamic forces: lift, drag, thrust, and weight.
• Understand how these forces interact to produce motion in flight.
• Explain the role of gravity as weight and propulsion as thrust.+ Show more

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• Understand how light interacts with surfaces through reflection and refraction.
• Identify the laws governing reflection and refraction of light.
• Explain how lenses focus or disperse light using refraction.+ Show more

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• Explain respectful scientific methods for studying local environmental issues
• Identify consent and cultural sensitivity practices during community observations
• Describe methods for validating community-contributed environmental records+ Show more

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• Identify the major organ systems and their functions in the human body.
• Explain how tissues and organs work together in the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, and nervous systems.
• Describe the interdependence among different organs and systems in maintaining health.+ Show more

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• Understand the roles of predators and prey in ecosystems.
• Identify how predator and prey populations influence each other.
• Recognize behavioral and physical adaptations of prey against predators.+ Show more

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• Learn how to identify long-term temperature patterns in datasets.
• Understand the concepts of seasonal cycles and anomalies in temperature data.
• Explore methods like descriptive statistics and moving averages used in pattern analysis.+ Show more

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• Identify the main components of the musculoskeletal system.
• Explain the functions of bones, joints, and muscles.
• Describe how the musculoskeletal system interacts with other body systems.

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• Describe the process of ecological succession and distinguish between primary and secondary succession.
• Identify the role of pioneer species during succession and understand how they modify environments for later species.
• Explain how succession affects biodiversity, community structure, and habitat availability.+ Show more

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• Understand the law of conservation of momentum during two-body collisions.
• Identify the differences between elastic and inelastic collisions.
• Apply force diagrams to analyze action-reaction pairs during contact.+ Show more

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• Explain how gravitational attraction depends on mass and distance between objects.
• Differentiate between gravitational forces and contact forces like friction.
• Use examples such as planetary orbits, Earth-Moon interactions, and falling objects to illustrate gravity.+ Show more

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• Understand how electric and magnetic forces depend on source strength and separation.
• Identify examples of electrostatic and magnetic forces in real-world situations.
• Explain how factors like distance, charge, and current influence force strength.+ Show more

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• Understand the relationship between net force, mass, and acceleration.
• Explain how vector addition affects motion in different scenarios.
• Apply the formula net force equals mass times acceleration to solve problems.+ Show more

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• Describe the three main states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas.
• Explain how particles are arranged and move in different states of matter.
• Compare properties such as shape, volume, density, and compressibility among solids, liquids, and gases.+ Show more

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• Explain the mechanisms of thermal energy transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation.
• Identify practical examples of each energy transfer method in real-world contexts.
• Connect energy transfer processes to observable temperature changes and material properties.+ Show more

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• Identify and describe common forms of energy including kinetic, potential, thermal, chemical, and electrical.
• Relate each form of energy to familiar phenomena such as moving objects, stretched springs, warm objects, and batteries.
• Understand the differences and distinctions among various energy forms based on their characteristics and associated activities.+ Show more

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• Understand the principle of conservation of mass in closed systems during physical and chemical changes.
• Identify real-world examples where mass conservation applies or does not apply.
• Interpret measurements before and after a process to determine if mass is conserved.+ Show more

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• Differentiate between physical and chemical changes based on observable indicators.
• Identify characteristic evidence of chemical changes such as gas formation, precipitate, color change, and temperature change.
• Understand that physical changes are often reversible and involve shape or phase alterations without changing substance composition.+ Show more

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• Understand the different categories of matter: elements, compounds, and mixtures.
• Identify examples and distinguishing features of each category.
• Learn common separation techniques and how they relate to matter classification.+ Show more

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• Understand the difference between contact and noncontact forces including gravity, friction, and normal force.
• Explain how balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion.
• Describe the concept of net force and its effects on objects in everyday situations.+ Show more

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• Understand the principles of population size and how it changes over time.
• Differentiate between exponential and logistic growth curves in populations.
• Define carrying capacity and identify factors influencing population size.+ Show more

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• Define ecosystems as interacting systems of populations, communities, and physical factors.
• Identify biotic and abiotic components and their roles in habitats.
• Describe examples such as ponds, prairies, and forests to illustrate resource distribution and community interdependence.+ Show more

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• Understand how abiotic factors like temperature, water, light, soil, pH, and salinity influence habitats.
• Describe how environmental gradients affect organism distribution and community composition.
• Analyze examples of abiotic factors affecting biological processes and population dynamics.+ Show more

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• Describe major plant structures such as roots, stems, leaves, and flowers and explain their functions in resource acquisition and reproduction.
• Identify the roles of vascular tissues like xylem and phloem in transporting water and nutrients within plants.
• Explain basic animal organ systems such as digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems and how they contribute to organism survival.+ Show more

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• Define and describe symbiotic relationships including mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism.
• Identify concrete examples of each type of symbiosis in real ecosystems.
• Analyze how symbiotic relationships influence organism fitness, resource distribution, and community structure.+ Show more

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• Understand how water causes erosion and shapes Earth's surface.
• Identify different landforms created by erosion and deposition.
• Describe factors that influence the rate of erosion.

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• Understand observable and measurable characteristics of matter such as mass, volume, density, conductivity, melting point, and hardness.
• Distinguish between physical changes and chemical changes based on properties and observations.
• Identify physical properties in real-world examples and understand their significance in scientific analysis.+ Show more

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• Understand the difference between physical and chemical changes using concrete examples.
• Identify examples of physical changes that are reversible.
• Recognize signs of chemical changes and understand their properties.+ Show more