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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 30
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Answer the questions.

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

Materials and separation

Class 6 · Worksheet 2 · set 30
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Answer the questions.

  1. Separating flour from bran using a sieve is called ______.
  2. Oiled paper is transparent, translucent or opaque?
  3. Which method separates husk from grain using wind?
  4. Name a material that is transparent.
  5. Name a material that is opaque.
  6. Which method separates iron pins from sand?
  7. What is it called when heavier particles settle at the bottom of a liquid?
  8. Which method separates stones from rice by hand?
  9. Butter is separated from curd by ______.
  10. Is sand soluble or insoluble in water?

Living things and our body

Class 6 · Worksheet 3 · set 30
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Answer the questions.

  1. Roots with one main root are called ______ roots.
  2. The place where a plant or animal lives is its ______.
  3. Name three things all living things do.
  4. Name a plant that grows in water.
  5. The joint in our shoulder is a ______ joint.
  6. Name two non-living things.
  7. How does an earthworm move?
  8. How is a camel adapted to live in the desert?
  9. The bones that protect our heart and lungs form the ______.
  10. The joint in our knee is a ______ joint.

Motion and measurement

Class 6 · Worksheet 4 · set 30
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Answer the questions.

  1. How many millimetres are in 1 cm?
  2. The motion of a swing is ______ motion.
  3. 1 m = ______ cm
  4. The motion of the blades of a fan is ______ motion.
  5. What is the motion of the Earth around the Sun?
  6. What is the correct way to place the eye when reading a scale?
  7. The motion of a car on a straight road is ______ motion.
  8. What is the SI unit of length?
  9. 1 km = ______ m
  10. Name an instrument to measure a curved line.

Light, shadows and reflection

Class 6 · Worksheet 5 · set 30
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Answer the questions.

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

Electricity and magnets

Class 6 · Worksheet 6 · set 30
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Answer the questions.

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

Water and air

Class 6 · Worksheet 7 · set 30
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Answer the questions.

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

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