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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 75
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Which solution is used to test for starch? What colour appears? Lack of vitamin D causes ______. What is roughage? Why do we need it? Name an animal that eats only plants. Name two foods rich in carbohydrates. Name the nutrient that gives us energy quickly. Night blindness is caused by the lack of vitamin ______. An animal that eats both plants and animals is called ______. Lack of iodine causes ______. Which nutrient helps our body grow and repair itself?
✅ Answer key — Food and nutrition
iodine solution — blue-black rickets fibre in food; it helps the body get rid of undigested food e.g. cow, deer, goat (herbivore) e.g. rice, potato, wheat carbohydrates A an omnivore goitre proteins
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Materials and separation Class 6 · Worksheet 2 · set 75
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How is salt obtained from sea water? Which method separates iron pins from sand? Separating flour from bran using a sieve is called ______. Is sand soluble or insoluble in water? Oiled paper is transparent, translucent or opaque? Butter is separated from curd by ______. Name a material that floats on water. Is sugar soluble or insoluble in water? Which method separates husk from grain using wind? Name a material that is transparent.
✅ Answer key — Materials and separation
by evaporation using a magnet sieving insoluble translucent churning e.g. wood, cork, plastic ball soluble winnowing e.g. glass, clean water, air
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Living things and our body Class 6 · Worksheet 3 · set 75
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The joint in our knee is a ______ joint. The joint in our shoulder is a ______ joint. Name three things all living things do. The place where a plant or animal lives is its ______. Plants with weak stems that spread on the ground are called ______. Why do fish have gills? How is a camel adapted to live in the desert? Roots with one main root are called ______ roots. Which part of a plant makes food? The bones that protect our heart and lungs form the ______.
✅ Answer key — Living things and our body
hinge ball and socket e.g. grow, breathe, need food, reproduce, respond, excrete habitat creepers to breathe oxygen dissolved in water long legs, wide feet for sand, can live without water for days, little sweat tap leaves rib cage
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Motion and measurement Class 6 · Worksheet 4 · set 75
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Why should we not use a hand span to measure length? Name an instrument to measure a curved line. The motion of the blades of a fan is ______ motion. What is the motion of the Earth around the Sun? What is the correct way to place the eye when reading a scale? How many millimetres are in 1 cm? Name one means of transport used in water. The motion of a car on a straight road is ______ motion. The motion of a swing is ______ motion. 1 km = ______ m
✅ Answer key — Motion and measurement
hand spans differ from person to person — not a standard unit a thread and a scale (or a measuring tape) circular circular / periodic directly above the mark (not from the side) 10 e.g. boat, ship rectilinear (straight-line) periodic (oscillatory) 1000
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Light, shadows and reflection Class 6 · Worksheet 5 · set 75
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Why is a shadow always black? 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? Can we see a shadow in a dark room? Is the Moon luminous? Objects that give out their own light are called ______. Name two luminous objects. A shadow forms when an ______ object blocks light. Name an object that is translucent.
✅ Answer key — Light, shadows and reflection
because no light reaches that area straight reflection upside down (inverted) No — a shadow needs light No — it reflects sunlight luminous e.g. the Sun, a torch, a candle flame opaque e.g. butter paper, frosted glass
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Electricity and magnets Class 6 · Worksheet 6 · set 75
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A device that converts chemical energy into electricity is a ______. Which device uses a magnet to find directions? Materials that allow electricity to pass are called ______. What does a switch do? 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. Like poles ______; unlike poles ______. Name two insulators. Name two conductors.
✅ Answer key — Electricity and magnets
cell a compass conductors it opens or closes a circuit circuit filament north–south repel; attract e.g. plastic, rubber, wood e.g. copper, iron, aluminium
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Water and air Class 6 · Worksheet 7 · set 75
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The change of water into vapour is called ______. Which gas makes up most of the air? The change of water vapour into water is called ______. What are the three states of water? Which gas do plants take in to make food? Which gas in air do we need to breathe? Collecting rainwater for later use is called ______. Name something that shows air is present around us. What is the water cycle? Why does a burning candle go out when covered with a glass?
✅ Answer key — Water and air
evaporation nitrogen (about 78%) condensation solid (ice), liquid (water), gas (water vapour) carbon dioxide oxygen rainwater harvesting e.g. moving leaves, a flying kite the continuous movement of water from the Earth to the air and back as rain the oxygen inside gets used up
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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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