Science worksheets for Class 6 — with answers

Answer the questions.

1. Which solution is used to test for starch? What colour appears?
2. What is roughage? Why do we need it?
3. Night blindness is caused by the lack of vitamin ______.
4. Name two foods rich in proteins.
5. Name an animal that eats only plants.
6. Name the nutrient that gives us energy quickly.
7. Lack of vitamin D causes ______.
8. An animal that eats both plants and animals is called ______.
9. Lack of iron causes ______.
10. Lack of iodine causes ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Which method separates stones from rice by hand?
2. Name a material that floats on water.
3. Oiled paper is transparent, translucent or opaque?
4. Which method is used to separate tea leaves from tea?
5. Butter is separated from curd by ______.
6. Name a material that is transparent.
7. Which method separates iron pins from sand?
8. How is salt obtained from sea water?
9. What is it called when heavier particles settle at the bottom of a liquid?
10. Separating flour from bran using a sieve is called ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Name a plant that grows in water.
2. Which part of a plant makes food?
3. How is a camel adapted to live in the desert?
4. Why does a cactus have spines instead of leaves?
5. Plants with weak stems that spread on the ground are called ______.
6. Why do fish have gills?
7. The place where a plant or animal lives is its ______.
8. The joint in our knee is a ______ joint.
9. The bones that protect our heart and lungs form the ______.
10. Name two non-living things.

Answer the questions.

1. What is the SI unit of length?
2. 1 km = ______ m
3. The motion of the blades of a fan is ______ motion.
4. Why should we not use a hand span to measure length?
5. 1 m = ______ cm
6. What is the motion of the Earth around the Sun?
7. Name one means of transport used in water.
8. The motion of a car on a straight road is ______ motion.
9. What is the correct way to place the eye when reading a scale?
10. How many millimetres are in 1 cm?

Answer the questions.

1. Is the Moon luminous?
2. When is your shadow the shortest?
3. What three things are needed to make a shadow?
4. Light travels in a ______ line.
5. What is the image in a pinhole camera like?
6. Name an object that is translucent.
7. The bouncing back of light from a shiny surface is called ______.
8. A shadow forms when an ______ object blocks light.
9. Why is a shadow always black?
10. Objects that give out their own light are called ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Name two insulators.
2. Materials that allow electricity to pass are called ______.
3. Which device uses a magnet to find directions?
4. A freely hanging magnet always points in the ______ direction.
5. The thin wire inside a bulb that glows is the ______.
6. The two ends of a cell are called ______.
7. Why are electric wires covered with plastic?
8. A device that converts chemical energy into electricity is a ______.
9. What does a switch do?
10. Name the two poles of a magnet.

Answer the questions.

1. Which gas makes up most of the air?
2. What are the three states of water?
3. The change of water vapour into water is called ______.
4. Why does a burning candle go out when covered with a glass?
5. The layer of air around the Earth is called the ______.
6. The change of water into vapour is called ______.
7. Name two ways to save water.
8. Which gas do plants take in to make food?
9. Name something that shows air is present around us.
10. Collecting rainwater for later use is called ______.