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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 44
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Answer the questions.

  1. Which solution is used to test for starch? What colour appears?
  2. Name two foods rich in carbohydrates.
  3. Lack of iron causes ______.
  4. Name an animal that eats only plants.
  5. Lack of iodine causes ______.
  6. An animal that eats both plants and animals is called ______.
  7. Name two foods rich in proteins.
  8. Night blindness is caused by the lack of vitamin ______.
  9. A diet that has all nutrients in the right amount is called a ______ diet.
  10. What is roughage? Why do we need it?

Materials and separation

Class 6 · Worksheet 2 · set 44
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Answer the questions.

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

Living things and our body

Class 6 · Worksheet 3 · set 44
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Answer the questions.

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

Motion and measurement

Class 6 · Worksheet 4 · set 44
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Answer the questions.

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

Light, shadows and reflection

Class 6 · Worksheet 5 · set 44
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Answer the questions.

  1. What three things are needed to make a shadow?
  2. Why is a shadow always black?
  3. Can we see a shadow in a dark room?
  4. The bouncing back of light from a shiny surface is called ______.
  5. What is the image in a pinhole camera like?
  6. Is the Moon luminous?
  7. A shadow forms when an ______ object blocks light.
  8. Name two luminous objects.
  9. Light travels in a ______ line.
  10. Name an object that is translucent.

Electricity and magnets

Class 6 · Worksheet 6 · set 44
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Answer the questions.

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

Water and air

Class 6 · Worksheet 7 · set 44
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Answer the questions.

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

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