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Science worksheets for Class 6 — with answers
Free CBSE Class 6 science worksheets: food and nutrition, materials and separation, living things, motion and measurement, light and shadows, electricity and magnets, water and air — with answers.
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Food and nutrition (Class 6) Materials and separation (Class 6) Living things and our body (Class 6) Motion and measurement (Class 6) Light, shadows and reflection (Class 6) Electricity and magnets (Class 6) Water and air (Class 6)
Food and nutrition Class 6 · Worksheet 1 · set 29
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Name an animal that eats only plants. Which nutrient helps our body grow and repair itself? Lack of vitamin D causes ______. Which solution is used to test for starch? What colour appears? An animal that eats both plants and animals is called ______. Name two foods rich in proteins. What is roughage? Why do we need it? Lack of iron causes ______. Name two foods rich in carbohydrates. Name the nutrient that gives us energy quickly.
✅ Answer key — Food and nutrition
e.g. cow, deer, goat (herbivore) proteins rickets iodine solution — blue-black an omnivore e.g. dal (pulses), eggs, milk, paneer fibre in food; it helps the body get rid of undigested food anaemia e.g. rice, potato, wheat carbohydrates
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Materials and separation Class 6 · Worksheet 2 · set 29
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Name a material that floats on water. Is sugar soluble or insoluble in water? Which method separates iron pins from sand? Which method separates stones from rice by hand? Is sand soluble or insoluble in water? Name a material that is transparent. How is salt obtained from sea water? Separating flour from bran using a sieve is called ______. What is it called when heavier particles settle at the bottom of a liquid? Which method separates husk from grain using wind?
✅ Answer key — Materials and separation
e.g. wood, cork, plastic ball soluble using a magnet handpicking insoluble e.g. glass, clean water, air by evaporation sieving sedimentation winnowing
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Living things and our body Class 6 · Worksheet 3 · set 29
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The joint in our shoulder is a ______ joint. Plants with weak stems that spread on the ground are called ______. Name two non-living things. Name three things all living things do. The joint in our knee is a ______ joint. The bones that protect our heart and lungs form the ______. Name a plant that grows in water. How does an earthworm move? How is a camel adapted to live in the desert? Roots with one main root are called ______ roots.
✅ Answer key — Living things and our body
ball and socket creepers e.g. stone, chair e.g. grow, breathe, need food, reproduce, respond, excrete hinge rib cage e.g. lotus, water lily, hydrilla by stretching and shortening its body muscles, using tiny bristles long legs, wide feet for sand, can live without water for days, little sweat tap
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Motion and measurement Class 6 · Worksheet 4 · set 29
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What is the correct way to place the eye when reading a scale? The motion of the blades of a fan is ______ motion. Why should we not use a hand span to measure length? Name an instrument to measure a curved line. The motion of a car on a straight road is ______ motion. 1 km = ______ m What is the SI unit of length? The motion of a swing is ______ motion. 1 m = ______ cm Name one means of transport used in water.
✅ Answer key — Motion and measurement
directly above the mark (not from the side) circular hand spans differ from person to person — not a standard unit a thread and a scale (or a measuring tape) rectilinear (straight-line) 1000 metre (m) periodic (oscillatory) 100 e.g. boat, ship
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Light, shadows and reflection Class 6 · Worksheet 5 · set 29
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Name two luminous objects. Can we see a shadow in a dark room? What three things are needed to make a shadow? Objects that give out their own light are called ______. Why is a shadow always black? Is the Moon luminous? Light travels in a ______ line. The bouncing back of light from a shiny surface is called ______. What is the image in a pinhole camera like? A shadow forms when an ______ object blocks light.
✅ Answer key — Light, shadows and reflection
e.g. the Sun, a torch, a candle flame No — a shadow needs light a source of light, an opaque object and a screen luminous because no light reaches that area No — it reflects sunlight straight reflection upside down (inverted) opaque
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Electricity and magnets Class 6 · Worksheet 6 · set 29
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A complete path for electric current is called a ______. The thin wire inside a bulb that glows is the ______. A freely hanging magnet always points in the ______ direction. Which materials are attracted by a magnet? Name the two poles of a magnet. Name two insulators. Which device uses a magnet to find directions? Like poles ______; unlike poles ______. A device that converts chemical energy into electricity is a ______. What does a switch do?
✅ Answer key — Electricity and magnets
circuit filament north–south magnetic materials — iron, nickel, cobalt north pole and south pole e.g. plastic, rubber, wood a compass repel; attract cell it opens or closes a circuit
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Water and air Class 6 · Worksheet 7 · set 29
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What is the water cycle? What are the three states of water? Which gas makes up most of the air? Which gas in air do we need to breathe? Name two ways to save water. Why does a burning candle go out when covered with a glass? The change of water into vapour is called ______. Which gas do plants take in to make food? The change of water vapour into water is called ______. The layer of air around the Earth is called the ______.
✅ Answer key — Water and air
the continuous movement of water from the Earth to the air and back as rain solid (ice), liquid (water), gas (water vapour) nitrogen (about 78%) oxygen e.g. close the tap while brushing, collect rainwater the oxygen inside gets used up evaporation carbon dioxide condensation atmosphere
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Are these worksheets based on the CBSE syllabus? Yes — they follow the topics of the NCERT Class 6 science book (food, materials, living things, motion, light, electricity, magnets, water and air).
Are these worksheets free? Yes — print them or save as PDF free. Every worksheet has an answer key.
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