Grade 6 Science Worksheets

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• Understand the ecological impacts of nutrient loading, chemical contaminants, and bioaccumulation due to pollution.
• Identify measurable indicators such as dissolved oxygen, algal biomass, and contaminant residues in ecosystems.
• Explain how pollution influences species diversity and ecosystem functioning in terrestrial and aquatic environments.+ Show more

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• Identify different types of disturbance regimes in forest ecosystems.
• Understand how disturbance characteristics influence landscape patterns.
• Explain the role of disturbances like fire and insect outbreaks in succession.+ Show more

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• Understand how wave interactions such as interference, superposition, and resonance affect sound and light.
• Identify concepts of constructive and destructive interference and their effects on wave energy.
• Describe the formation of standing waves and their role in resonance and energy concentration.+ Show more

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• Understand the molecular composition of air
• Learn how temperature and altitude affect air density
• Identify how pressure arises from gas molecule movement+ Show more

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• Differentiate between heat and temperature using particle motion and energy transfer
• Explain how temperature and heat are affected by the amount of material (mass/size of container)
• Use warming/cooling patterns to describe the direction of energy flow

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• Understand hierarchical categories used in biological classification from kingdom to species.
• Identify observable traits to distinguish different organisms.
• Learn how to use dichotomous keys to classify local species such as pond invertebrates, insects, and trees.+ Show more

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• Describe the principle of chromatography and how it separates mixture components.
• Identify factors that influence the movement of substances during chromatography.
• Explain real-world applications of chromatography in analyzing complex mixtures.+ Show more

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• Explain how habitat restoration, protected-area design, and community monitoring support biodiversity
• Describe how trade-offs influence conservation decisions and why metrics matter
• Apply the ideas of assisted migration, invasive species removal, and adaptive management to real-world scenarios+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of food webs and energy flow within ecosystems.
• Identify different trophic levels such as producers, consumers, and decomposers.
• Explain how seasonal changes and disruptions affect food webs.+ Show more

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• Understand the process of photosynthesis and its role in plant life.
• Identify the main components involved in photosynthesis.
• Describe the importance of sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide in the process.+ Show more

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• Explain how gravitational attraction depends on mass and distance using real-world examples.
• Describe how friction is a contact force that affects motion along surfaces.
• Use evidence to argue whether changes in motion are caused by gravity or friction.+ Show more

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• Understand how incremental adjustments affect aerodynamic performance and safety.
• Identify criteria for evaluating modifications in aerodynamic design.
• Analyze trade-offs between speed, stability, and payload in design refinement.+ Show more

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• Explain how the shape and volume of solids, liquids, and gases differ due to particle behavior.
• Use models of particle motion to describe changes in state and connect them to energy changes.
• Classify everyday materials as solids, liquids, or gases based on observed properties.

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• Differentiate between a fundamental niche and a realized niche and explain why the realized niche is usually smaller.
• Identify how abiotic factors (environmental conditions) and biotic interactions (other species) affect where organisms live and what resources they use.
• Use examples of temporal and spatial partitioning to explain how similar species can coexist.+ Show more

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• Identify producers, consumers, and decomposers in food webs and explain their roles in energy flow.
• Describe how energy decreases across trophic levels and why longer food chains usually support fewer top predators.
• Explain how species removal or overgrowth can change populations throughout an interconnected community.+ Show more

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• Understand the mechanics behind Earth's rotation causing day and night.
• Explain how axial tilt and Earth's orbit produce varying daylight hours through the year.
• Relate observed daylight changes in Alberta to Earth's orientation and motion.

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• Identify key indicators that suggest a chemical reaction has occurred.
• Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to determine if a new substance has formed.
• Interpret measurements such as mass, temperature, and composition before and after reactions.+ Show more

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• Understand the function of control surfaces such as ailerons, elevators, and rudders.
• Explain how deflection of control surfaces alters airflow to produce aircraft movements.
• Describe how aerodynamic moments create rolling, pitching, and yawing motions.+ Show more

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• Understand how genetic differences and environmental factors contribute to observable traits.
• Explain models of allele combinations, mutations, and environmental influences on phenotype.
• Identify the limits of genetic explanations for traits affected by environmental conditions.+ Show more

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• Understand internal processes such as heat exchange, water conservation, and metabolic regulation that enable survival in extreme environments.
• Identify key hormonal mechanisms involved in temperature, hydration, and energy regulation.
• Link physiological features to survival strategies and resource access in wildlife and human adaptions.+ Show more

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• Understand how scientific evidence influences policy decisions.
• Identify factors such as risk assessment and stakeholder values in decision-making.
• Evaluate the role of data interpretation and uncertainty in policy choices.+ Show more

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• Understand the components involved in integrated synthesis for environmental monitoring.
• Recognize the importance of documentation, data comparability, and evidence-based reporting.
• Analyze how different choices influence the strength of scientific conclusions.+ Show more

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• Understand key principles for designing valid controlled tests in scientific experiments.
• Learn to articulate hypotheses in measurable terms and choose appropriate control groups.
• Recognize the importance of sample size, replication, and procedural documentation for reproducibility.+ Show more

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• Understand how the angle of attack influences lift and drag in flight.
• Identify the relationship between angle adjustments and performance in gliders and kites.
• Explain what happens at the critical angle of attack causing a stall.+ Show more

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• Identify biotic components in an ecosystem
• Understand the interactions between living and nonliving factors
• Explore how plants and animals influence their habitats

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• Understand different ecosystems and their species composition
• Identify how biodiversity varies across regions
• Learn about factors influencing biodiversity distribution+ Show more

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• Explain how energy moves through a food chain from producers to consumers.
• Identify producers, primary consumers, and secondary consumers in examples.
• Use trophic level vocabulary (producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer) accurately.

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• Understand methods for summarizing patterns using descriptive statistics.
• Learn how to select appropriate visual representations like bar, line, and scatter plots.
• Recognize conventions for citing data sources and labelling units.+ Show more

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• Understand what invasive species are and how they affect native ecosystems.
• Identify pathways through which invasive species are introduced.
• Explain the ecological impacts of invasive species such as competition, predation, and habitat changes.+ Show more

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• Explain how cells form tissues, tissues form organs, and organs form body systems.
• Match body organization levels to their functions in the body.
• Describe how changes at one organization level can affect overall system performance.

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• Describe how the Sun's apparent path varies with season and latitude.
• Explain how solar elevation at noon affects day length and solar intensity.
• Compare the Sun's apparent motion in different geographic locations, such as Calgary and northern communities.+ Show more

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• Understand how human activities alter land, water, and atmosphere systems.
• Identify examples of human impacts such as deforestation, pollution, and urbanization.
• Analyze the causal links between human actions and environmental changes.+ Show more

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• Define operationally what a scientific observation means by stating how it is measured
• Convert qualitative ideas into quantitative measurements using clear units and procedures
• Compare and evaluate measurement definitions for clarity, reliability, and reproducibility

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• Understand how gravitational attraction depends on mass and distance.
• Differentiate between gravitational forces and contact forces like friction.
• Identify examples illustrating gravitational interactions and frictional resistance.+ Show more

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• Explain how water moves through Earth's spheres (geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere).
• Identify key processes involved in the water cycle, such as evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.
• Describe how water transfer influences other Earth systems and feedback mechanisms.+ Show more

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• Understand how voltage, current, and resistance are related through proportional relationships.
• Apply simple calculations to determine circuit element characteristics using measured values.
• Explain how changes in resistance affect current in a circuit with a fixed voltage.+ Show more

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• Describe how the Sun's apparent path across the sky changes with season and latitude.
• Explain the effects of Earth's tilt and position on sunrise and sunset locations.
• Compare the Sun's elevation at noon in different seasons and locations within Alberta.+ Show more

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• Understand and identify the four primary aerodynamic forces: lift, drag, thrust, and weight.
• Describe how these forces interact to produce different flight patterns such as climb, level flight, and descent.
• Explain the concepts of vector addition and equilibrium in maintaining steady, level flight.+ Show more

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• Understand the principles of relative and absolute dating of rocks and fossils.
• Identify key features of the geologic time scale and fossil succession as evidence for Earth's history.
• Apply stratigraphic relationships, unconformities, and radiometric techniques to estimate the ages of rocks and geologic events.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of energy efficiency and how it relates useful output to total input.
• Identify common sources of energy loss in machines, lighting, and heating systems.
• Evaluate the trade-offs involved in different energy technologies and systems.+ Show more

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• Understand the basic concepts of current, voltage, and power in electrical circuits
• Recognize and identify common electrical components
• Explain how electrical energy is transferred and measured+ Show more

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• Understand the role of gravitational attraction in planetary and satellite orbits.
• Describe how mutual gravity influences orbital shape, period, and speed.
• Explain the concept of central gravitational potential in maintaining orbital paths.+ Show more

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• Understand the relative sizes, distances, and periods of orbit of planets within the solar system.
• Compare planetary properties using astronomical units, radii, and orbital periods.
• Interpret data tables and charts to analyze spatial relationships within the solar system.+ Show more

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• Understand the causes and effects of static charge transfer between materials.
• Identify and interpret the triboelectric series and its application in predicting charge tendencies.
• Describe phenomena such as attraction, repulsion, and discharge sparked by static electricity.+ Show more

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• Explain how net force affects the motion of objects.
• Describe the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration using the equation F = ma.
• Identify scenarios illustrating the vector sum of forces and predict resulting motion.+ Show more

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• Identify the role of producers in ecosystems.
• Explain how photosynthesis allows producers to capture sunlight energy.
• Understand the flow of energy from the Sun to producers and consumers in a food web.+ Show more

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• Understand the components and functions of electronic sensors, data loggers, and digital probes.
• Learn proper calibration, operation, and selection of digital measurement tools for accurate data collection.
• Recognize key factors such as sampling rates, resolution, and units that influence measurement accuracy.+ Show more

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• Describe major plant structures and their functions in resource acquisition, transport, support, and reproduction.
• Identify basic animal organ systems such as digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems and explain their roles in organism survival.
• Connect plant and animal structures to their contributions to homeostasis and adaptation in various environments.