Crossword Puzzles for 6th Graders by Subject

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6th Grade Crossword

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Answer key: 6th Grade Crossword

1O2M3PO4TENTIALPHGOE5DENS6ITYSR7HINIMITT8WT9ABSOLUTEVALUEELTDGAO10DEPENDENTGRHRE11WATERSHEDRMI12CONDUCTIONG

Across 3 POTENTIAL · 5 DENSITY · 9 ABSOLUTEVALUE · 10 DEPENDENT · 11 WATERSHED · 12 CONDUCTION

Down 1 OPPOSITE · 2 MAGNITUDE · 4 THERMAL · 6 INTEGER · 7 HISTOGRAM · 8 WEATHERING

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Math and Science 20

  • Absolute value A number's distance from zero
  • Conduction Heat passing through direct touch
  • Convection Heat carried by a moving liquid or gas
  • Density Mass divided by volume
  • Dependent Of a quantity, changing in response to another
  • Histogram Bar graph of how often values fall in each interval
  • Integer Whole number that may be negative, such as -7
  • Magnitude Size of an earthquake on a scale
  • Opposite What -5 is to 5
  • Organism Any single living thing
  • Potential ___ energy, stored because of position
  • Ratio A comparison of two quantities, such as 3 to 4
  • Statistics Science of collecting and making sense of numbers from data
  • Surface area Total area of all the faces of a solid
  • Tectonic ___ plates, the huge moving slabs of Earth's crust
  • Thermal Having to do with heat, as in ___ energy
  • Unit rate A rate for one of something, such as 60 miles per hour
  • Variable Letter that stands for an unknown number
  • Watershed Land area that drains into one river or lake
  • Weathering Breaking down of rock by wind, water and ice

Social Studies 20

  • Archaeologist Scientist who digs up and studies things people left behind
  • Artifact Object made by people long ago, such as a pot or a tool
  • Barter Trade goods without using money
  • Census Official count of the people in a country
  • Civilization Complex society with cities, government and writing
  • Currency The money used in a country
  • Demand How much of a good buyers want
  • Dynasty Line of rulers from the same family
  • Empire Many lands and peoples ruled by one emperor or state
  • Fertile Rich enough to grow good crops
  • Irrigation Bringing water to crops through canals or pipes
  • Legislature Group of people who make the laws
  • Monsoon Seasonal wind that brings heavy rains to South Asia
  • Nomad Person who moves from place to place with the herds
  • Oligarchy Rule by a small group
  • Primary source Document or object made at the time being studied, such as a diary
  • Scarcity Having less of something than people want
  • Supply How much of a good sellers offer
  • Surplus Extra, beyond what is needed
  • Tariff Tax on goods brought in from another country

Reading and Writing 20

  • Analyze Break a text into parts to see how it works
  • Argument Essay that tries to persuade with reasons
  • Bias A leaning for or against something that can make a source unfair
  • Central idea What a whole text is mostly about
  • Cite Name the source of a quote or fact
  • Claim The position a writer argues for
  • Conclude Decide after thinking; also, bring an essay to an end
  • Connotation The feeling a word carries beyond its dictionary meaning
  • Context Words around a word that help show its meaning
  • Contrast Show how two things are different
  • Credible Trustworthy, as a good source is
  • Denotation The dictionary meaning of a word
  • Evidence Facts and quotes that back up a point
  • Infer Work something out from clues in a text
  • Outline Plan of an essay's main points in order
  • Paraphrase Put someone's idea in your own words
  • Purpose An author's reason for writing: to inform, persuade or entertain
  • Revise Improve a draft by changing its ideas and order
  • Summary Short retelling of only the main points
  • Thesis One sentence that states the main point of an essay

How this list was compiled: 60 clues written for this site of sixth grade academic vocabulary, in three sets: math and science, social studies, and reading and writing. The grade is our suggestion; no state standard is named. Science and history facts were checked against English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) in September 2026. No clue was copied from a published puzzle. Licence: own work

How it works

These crossword puzzles for 6th graders drill the subject words of a middle school year: math and science, social studies, and reading and writing. They are vocabulary crosswords that open with no word bank.

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Three subjects

Math and Science has Unit rate, Absolute value, Convection and Watershed. Social Studies has Irrigation, Barter, Scarcity and Primary source. Reading and Writing has Claim, Evidence, Connotation and Central idea.

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  • Give the Reading and Writing set before an essay unit; Claim, Evidence and Thesis are the words the rubric will use.

Questions and answers

How are these different from the 5th grade crosswords?

They share no answers. The 5th grade crossword holds word roots and figures of speech; this page holds the middle school words for rates, earth science, early civilizations, economics and argument writing.

Do the puzzles follow a state standard?

No standard is named. The words are the ones sixth grade textbooks commonly teach, and the grade is our suggestion, not a published standard.

Is there an answer key?

Yes. Every print ends with the answer key on a sheet of its own, and Show all clues and answers, under the puzzle, lists all 60 clues with their answers.

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