What do these 6th grade earth science worksheets cover?

11 printable 6th grade earth science worksheets in 4 skill sets, in the order they appear on this page: earth's layers and plate tectonics; earthquakes and volcanoes; rocks and minerals; and weathering and rock layers.

What evidence did Wegener have for continental drift?

He pointed to coastlines that fit together, the same fossils on continents far apart, matching rock layers and glacier scratches in places that are warm today. Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift has students read a map of Mesosaurus and Glossopteris fossils to see the pattern.

What are the three types of rocks?

Igneous rocks form when melted rock cools and hardens. Sedimentary rocks form when sand, mud, pebbles or shells are pressed and cemented. Metamorphic rocks form when heat and pressure change an existing rock without melting it, and one sheet has students sort 12 named rocks into these groups.

How do you tell which rock layer is oldest?

The law of superposition says that in undisturbed layers the oldest is at the bottom. The law of cross-cutting relationships says a fault or intrusion is younger than any layer it cuts. Students use both to number six layers, an intrusion and a fault in order.

6th Grade Earth Science Worksheets

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Earth science is the study of the solid Earth, from its layers and moving plates to the rocks that form and wear away at the surface. There are 11 worksheets for 6th grade here, each with an answer key. Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift, The Rock Cycle and Rock Layers and Relative Age use maps, diagrams and short readings. Four of the sheets carry MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS2-2 or MS-ESS1-4.

Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

Grade6th Grade

TopicEarth Science

Weathering, Erosion and Deposition

Grade6th Grade

TopicEarth Science

Frequently Asked Questions

The crust, mantle, outer core and inner core. The mantle is the thickest at about 2,900 km, and the outer core is liquid metal. In Layers of the Earth, students label each layer and fill in a table of thickness, state and temperature.

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