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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 68
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Lack of iodine causes ______. Which nutrient helps our body grow and repair itself? Name the nutrient that gives us energy quickly. Lack of iron causes ______. Name an animal that eats only plants. Which disease is caused by the lack of vitamin C? Name two foods rich in carbohydrates. Night blindness is caused by the lack of vitamin ______. Which solution is used to test for starch? What colour appears? Lack of vitamin D causes ______.
✅ Answer key — Food and nutrition
goitre proteins carbohydrates anaemia e.g. cow, deer, goat (herbivore) scurvy e.g. rice, potato, wheat A iodine solution — blue-black rickets
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Materials and separation Class 6 · Worksheet 2 · set 68
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Name a material that floats on water. Name a material that is transparent. Is sugar soluble or insoluble in water? Name a material that is opaque. Which method separates husk from grain using wind? Which method is used to separate tea leaves from tea? Butter is separated from curd by ______. What is it called when heavier particles settle at the bottom of a liquid? Which method separates iron pins from sand? How is salt obtained from sea water?
✅ Answer key — Materials and separation
e.g. wood, cork, plastic ball e.g. glass, clean water, air soluble e.g. wood, cardboard, metal winnowing filtration (using a strainer) churning sedimentation using a magnet by evaporation
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Living things and our body Class 6 · Worksheet 3 · set 68
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The bones that protect our heart and lungs form the ______. How is a camel adapted to live in the desert? Why do fish have gills? The place where a plant or animal lives is its ______. The joint in our knee is a ______ joint. Plants with weak stems that spread on the ground are called ______. Name three things all living things do. Which part of a plant makes food? Why does a cactus have spines instead of leaves? How does an earthworm move?
✅ Answer key — Living things and our body
rib cage long legs, wide feet for sand, can live without water for days, little sweat to breathe oxygen dissolved in water habitat hinge creepers e.g. grow, breathe, need food, reproduce, respond, excrete leaves to lose less water by stretching and shortening its body muscles, using tiny bristles
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Motion and measurement Class 6 · Worksheet 4 · set 68
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What is the SI unit of length? How many millimetres are in 1 cm? Name an instrument to measure a curved line. What is the motion of the Earth around the Sun? What is the correct way to place the eye when reading a scale? The motion of the blades of a fan is ______ motion. 1 m = ______ cm Why should we not use a hand span to measure length? The motion of a car on a straight road is ______ motion. The motion of a swing is ______ motion.
✅ Answer key — Motion and measurement
metre (m) 10 a thread and a scale (or a measuring tape) circular / periodic directly above the mark (not from the side) circular 100 hand spans differ from person to person — not a standard unit rectilinear (straight-line) periodic (oscillatory)
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Light, shadows and reflection Class 6 · Worksheet 5 · set 68
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Is the Moon luminous? Light travels in a ______ line. What three things are needed to make a shadow? When is your shadow the shortest? A shadow forms when an ______ object blocks light. Name two luminous objects. Why is a shadow always black? What is the image in a pinhole camera like? Can we see a shadow in a dark room? The bouncing back of light from a shiny surface is called ______.
✅ Answer key — Light, shadows and reflection
No — it reflects sunlight straight a source of light, an opaque object and a screen at noon, when the Sun is overhead opaque e.g. the Sun, a torch, a candle flame because no light reaches that area upside down (inverted) No — a shadow needs light reflection
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Electricity and magnets Class 6 · Worksheet 6 · set 68
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Materials that allow electricity to pass are called ______. Like poles ______; unlike poles ______. Which device uses a magnet to find directions? The two ends of a cell are called ______. A device that converts chemical energy into electricity is a ______. Why are electric wires covered with plastic? The thin wire inside a bulb that glows is the ______. Name the two poles of a magnet. Name two insulators. Which materials are attracted by a magnet?
✅ Answer key — Electricity and magnets
conductors repel; attract a compass terminals (positive and negative) cell plastic is an insulator — it keeps us safe from shocks filament north pole and south pole e.g. plastic, rubber, wood magnetic materials — iron, nickel, cobalt
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Water and air Class 6 · Worksheet 7 · set 68
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The change of water into vapour is called ______. What is the water cycle? Which gas in air do we need to breathe? What are the three states of water? Collecting rainwater for later use is called ______. The layer of air around the Earth is called the ______. Why does a burning candle go out when covered with a glass? Name two ways to save water. Which gas do plants take in to make food? Name something that shows air is present around us.
✅ Answer key — Water and air
evaporation the continuous movement of water from the Earth to the air and back as rain oxygen solid (ice), liquid (water), gas (water vapour) rainwater harvesting atmosphere the oxygen inside gets used up e.g. close the tap while brushing, collect rainwater carbon dioxide e.g. moving leaves, a flying kite
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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).
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