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Year 7 in England

6th grade science

Every 6th grade science skill on Eurekami: 36 skills in 14 areas, each with a worked example, free practice that checks answers as you go, and printable worksheets with answer keys.

Mixed 6th grade review

Ten questions from across the year, a quick way to see what is secure and what needs another look.

Animals and habitats

Sort living things into kingdoms

CCSS NGSS.MS-LS4-2England: KS3 Biology: Relationships in an ecosystemEngland: KS2 Y6 Living things and their habitats

Example

Which kingdom does this belong to: yeast?

  1. Fungi have chitin cell walls and feed by digesting food outside their bodies.
  2. So the answer is: fungi

Answer: fungi

Builds on: Animal groups: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians

Leads to: Classification levels and scientific (binomial) names

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Human body and health

Human organ systems and how they work together

CCSS NGSS.MS-LS1-3England: KS3 Biology: Cells and organisation

Example

Which organ system is this: brain, spinal cord and nerves?

  1. The brain, spinal cord and nerves carry electrical signals.
  2. So the answer is: nervous system

Answer: nervous system

Builds on: Major organs and their jobs

Leads to: Trace a meal through the digestive system

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Food groups, nutrients and what each one does

CCSS NGSS.MS-LS1-7England: KS3 Biology: Nutrition and digestion

Example

Which nutrient group matches this: vitamin C for healthy skin and gums?

  1. Vitamins and minerals are needed in small amounts to stay healthy.
  2. So the answer is: vitamins and minerals

Answer: vitamins and minerals

Builds on: Food groups and a balanced diet

Leads to: Digestive enzymes and the molecules they make, Test foods for starch, sugar, protein and fat

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Ecosystems and food chains

Food webs and interdependence

CCSS NGSS.MS-LS2-1CCSS NGSS.MS-LS2-2CCSS NGSS.MS-LS2-4England: KS3 Biology: Interactions and interdependenciesEngland: KS4 Combined Science: Ecosystems

Example

Pond food web: algae are eaten by tadpoles and water fleas. Tadpoles and water fleas are eaten by small fish. Small fish are eaten by herons. If the small fish died, what would happen to the herons?

  1. Herons lose their food source, so their numbers fall.
  2. So the answer is: They would decrease or move away

Answer: They would decrease or move away

Builds on: Producers, consumers, predators and prey

Leads to: Energy transfer and pyramids, Sampling with quadrats, Biodiversity under pressure and how we protect it

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Living and non-living factors in an ecosystem

CCSS NGSS.MS-LS2-1CCSS NGSS.SEP 4England: KS3 Biology: Relationships in an ecosystemEngland: GCSE Combined Science: Ecology

Example

Is this a biotic or an abiotic factor: an invasive species?

  1. Biotic factors come from other living things.
  2. So the answer is: biotic (living)

Answer: biotic (living)

Builds on: Environments change: human impact

Leads to: Population growth and carrying capacity

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Atoms, elements and the periodic table

Elements and their symbols

CCSS NGSS.MS-PS1-1England: KS3 Chemistry: Atoms, elements and compounds

Example

What is the chemical symbol for nitrogen?

  1. nitrogen → N
  2. So the answer is: N

Answer: N

Leads to: Elements, compounds and mixtures, The periodic table: groups and periods

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Elements, compounds and mixtures

CCSS NGSS.MS-PS1-1England: KS3 Chemistry: Atoms, elements and compoundsEngland: KS3 Chemistry: Pure and impure substances

Example

Is water (H₂O) an element, a compound or a mixture?

  1. A compound has two or more elements chemically joined in fixed proportions.
  2. So the answer is: compound

Answer: compound

Builds on: Elements and their symbols

Leads to: Chemical formulae

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Chemical reactions, acids and bases

Spot the evidence that a chemical reaction happened

CCSS NGSS.MS-PS1-2England: KS3 Chemistry: Chemical reactions

Example

What evidence of a chemical reaction is shown here: a shiny iron nail slowly turns orange-brown in damp air?

  1. A new colour can show a new substance has formed.
  2. So the answer is: a colour change

Answer: a colour change

Builds on: Physical and chemical changes

Leads to: Conservation of mass in reactions

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Forces and motion

Speed = distance ÷ time

CCSS NGSS.MS-PS3-1CCSS NGSS.4-PS3-1England: KS3 Physics: Motion and forces (describing motion)England: KS4 Combined Science: Forces and motion

Example

A toy train travels 40 m in 8 s. What is the average speed, in m/s?

  1. speed = distance ÷ time
  2. 40 ÷ 8 = 5
  3. So the answer is: 5 m/s

Answer: 5 m/s

Builds on: Pushes and pulls

Leads to: Distance–time graphs, Acceleration, Speed of sound and echoes, Scalars and vectors: distance vs displacement, speed vs velocity

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Contact and non-contact forces

CCSS NGSS.MS-PS2-2CCSS NGSS.MS-PS2-5England: KS3 Physics: Motion and forces

Example

Is this a contact force or a non-contact force: air resistance?

  1. Contact forces act when objects touch.
  2. So the answer is: contact force

Answer: contact force

Builds on: Pushes and pulls, Gravity

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Energy

Identify energy stores in everyday situations

CCSS NGSS.MS-PS3-1CCSS NGSS.MS-PS3-2England: KS3 Physics: EnergyEngland: GCSE Combined Science: Energy

Example

Which energy store is the main one here: a stretched catapult elastic?

  1. Stretched or squashed objects store energy elastically.
  2. So the answer is: elastic potential store

Answer: elastic potential store

Builds on: Energy stores and transfers

Leads to: Follow energy transfers and spot wasted energy, Kilowatt-hours and the cost of electricity

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Follow energy transfers and spot wasted energy

CCSS NGSS.MS-PS3-5CCSS NGSS.4-PS3-4England: KS3 Physics: Energy

Example

Every second, an electric fan is supplied with 500 J of energy. 450 J is transferred usefully (movement of the blades). How much energy is wasted each second, in J?

  1. 500 − 450 = 50
  2. So the answer is: 50 J

Answer: 50 J

Builds on: Identify energy stores in everyday situations

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Electricity and magnetism

Static electricity and charges

CCSS NGSS.MS-PS2-3CCSS NGSS.MS-PS2-5England: KS3 Physics: Electricity and electromagnetism (static electricity)

Example

An object with a − charge is brought near an object with a + charge. Do they attract or repel?

  1. The charges are opposite.
  2. So the answer is: attract

Answer: attract

Builds on: Magnets and magnetic materials

Leads to: Coulomb's law: force between charges

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Magnetic poles, fields and compasses

CCSS NGSS.MS-PS2-3CCSS NGSS.MS-PS2-5England: KS3 Physics: Electricity and electromagnetism (magnetism)

Example

The north pole of one magnet is brought near the south pole of another. What happens?

  1. Unlike poles attract.
  2. So the answer is: they attract

Answer: they attract

Builds on: Magnets and magnetic materials

Leads to: The motor effect (F = B I l) and Fleming's left-hand rule

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Space

Earth's orbit, years and seasons

CCSS NGSS.MS-ESS1-1CCSS NGSS.MS-ESS1-2England: KS2 Y5 Earth and spaceEngland: KS3 Physics: Space physics

Example

How long does it take the Earth to orbit the Sun once?

  1. One orbit takes about 365.25 days, which is why we have a leap year every 4 years.
  2. So the answer is: about 365¼ days

Answer: about 365¼ days

Builds on: Day and night, The seasons

Leads to: Orbits and orbital speed (v = 2πr / T)

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The scale of the universe

CCSS NGSS.MS-ESS1-2CCSS NGSS.MS-ESS1-3CCSS NGSS.5-ESS1-1England: KS3 Physics: Space physics

Example

The Sun is about 150 000 000 km away. Light travels at about 300 000 km/s. How many seconds does sunlight take to reach Earth?

  1. 150000000 ÷ 300000 = 500
  2. That is about 8 minutes 20 seconds.
  3. So the answer is: 500 s

Answer: 500 s

Builds on: The planets of the solar system

Leads to: The life cycle of stars

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