Maharashtra State Board Syllabus For 6th Standard General Science: Knowing the Syllabus is very important for the students of 6th Standard. Shaalaa has also provided a list of topics that every student needs to understand.
The Maharashtra State Board 6th Standard General Science syllabus for the academic year 2022-2023 is based on the Board's guidelines. Students should read the 6th Standard General Science Syllabus to learn about the subject's subjects and subtopics.
Students will discover the unit names, chapters under each unit, and subtopics under each chapter in the Maharashtra State Board 6th Standard General Science Syllabus pdf 2022-2023. They will also receive a complete practical syllabus for 6th Standard General Science in addition to this.
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Syllabus
1 Natural Resources – Air, Water and Land
- Natural Resource
- Atmosphere and Its Layers
- Air Around Us
- Air Around us
- Properties of air
- Experiments with an empty bottle
- Composition and Components of Air
- Importance of Air
- Air Pollution and Its Causes
- Air Pollution
- Causes of Air pollution
- Sources of Air Pollution
- Water, Our Lifeline
- Introduction
- Water: A Compound
- Occurrence of water
- Availability of Water
- Composition of Water
- Importance of Water
- Scarcity of Water
- Land
- Soil Profile
- Soil Formation
- Soil Formation
- Factors of Soil Formation
- Parent Rock
- Relief
- Flora, Fauna, and Micro-organism
- Climate
- Time
2 The Living World
- Characteristics of Organisms
- Growth
- Food is necessary for growth
- Respiration
- Excretion
- Responsiveness to stimuli and movement
- Reproduction
- A definite lifespan
- Unicellular and Multicellular Organism
- Useful and Harmful Living Things
- Wild Animals
3 Diversity in Living Things and Their Classification
- Diversity in Plants
- Mode of Nutrition in Plant
- Plant Leaf
- Fruits
- Root System
- Types of Root System
- Plant Stem
- Flower
- Need for Classification of Plants
- Classification of Plants
- Diversity in Animals
- Classification of Animal
- Animal and their food
- Classification of animal on the basis of food
- Herbivores
- Carnivores
- Omnivores
- Scavengers
- Decomposers
4 Disaster Management
- Disaster
- Disasters
- Types of Disasters
1) Geophysical
2) Biological
3) Man Made
- Earthquake
- Focus and Epicenter
- Types of seismic waves
1. Primary or ‘P’ waves
2. Secondary or ‘S’ waves
3. Surface or ‘L’ waves
- Flood
- Storm
- Fire
- Disaster Management
- Disaster management
- Objectives of Disaster Management
- Preventative Measures and Other Responses to Disasters
- First Aid and Emergency Action
- First Aid kit
5 Substances in the Surroundings –Their States and Properties
- Matter (Substance)
- Matter
- Creation of Matter
- Physical Nature of matter
- The matter is made up of particles
- How small is this particles of matter
- Colour, odour, melting point, boiling point, density
- Chemical properties: Composition, combustibility, activity with acids and bases
- States of Matter
- States of Matter
- Solid
- Liquid
- Gas
- Change of State of Matter
- Concept of Boiling (Vaporization)
- Boiling (Vaporization)
- Boiling point
- Latent heat
- Latent heat of Vaporization
- The heating curve for water
- Change in volume on boiling
- Effect of pressure on the boiling point
- Effect of impurities on the boiling point
- Concept of Freezing (Solidification)
- Freezing (Solidification)
- Freezing point
- Concept of Boiling (Vaporization)
- Temperatures
- Temperature
- Unit of Temperature
- Measuring Temperature
- Scales of Thermometers
- Fahrenheit scale
- Celsius temperature scale
- Kelvin scale (Absolute scale)
- Relationship between the three scales of temperature
- Conversion of Temperature from celsius scale to kelvin scale and vice-versa
- Thermometer and Its Types
- Material and Its Properties
- Classification of Material
- Types of Elements: Metals
- Metals
- Occurrence of metal
- Uses of Metals
- Physical Properties of Metals
6 Substances in Daily Use
- Objects Around Us
- Matter (Substance)
- Matter
- Creation of Matter
- Physical Nature of matter
- The matter is made up of particles
- How small is this particles of matter
- Colour, odour, melting point, boiling point, density
- Chemical properties: Composition, combustibility, activity with acids and bases
- Types of Matter
- Production of Substances
- Rubbers
- Rubber
- Vulcanization of rubber
- Paper
- Paper
- Manufacturing paper
- Man-made Fibre: Synthetic Fibres
- Man-made Fibre: Nylon
- Man-made Fibre: Rayon
- Man-made Fibre: Polyester and Acrylic
- Polymer Chemistry: Polymer
7 Nutrition and Diet
- Nutrients and Nutrition
- What are Nutrients?
- Types of Nutrients
- Functions of Nutrients/Need of Nutrients
- Some important Nutrients
- What do various nutrients do for our body?
- Component of Food
- Deficiency Diseases
- Diseases Due Deficiency in Carbohydrates
- Diseases Due Deficiency in Fats
- Diseases Due Deficiency in Proteins
- Diseases Due Deficiency in Minerals
- Diseases Due Deficiency in Vitamin
- Balanced Diet
- Malnutrition
- Food Adulteration
- Food adulteration and its harmful effect
8 Our Skeletal System and the Skin
- Introduction of Our Skeletal System and the Skin
- Bone and Its Types
- Bone
- Types of Bones
- Long Bones
- Short Bones
- Flat Bones
- Irregular Bones
- The Human Skeletal System
- The Human Skeleton: Axial Skeleton
- Axial skeleton
- Skull (22 bones): Cranial (8 bones), Facial (14 bones), Hyoid bone (1 bone), ear ossicles (6 bones)
- Vertebral Column (26 bones): Atlas, cervical region (7), thoracic region (12), lumbar region (5), sacral region (1-fused) and coccygeal region (1-fused)
- Sternum and Ribs: Sternum, Ribs, Bicephalic, Seven pairs, True ribs, False ribs, Veretebra-chondral ribs, Floating ribs.
- The Human Skeleton: Appendicular Skeleton
- Appendicular Skeleton
- Forelimb (30 bones)
- Hind limb (30 bones)
- Girdles
- Each half of the pectoral girdle consists of:
⇒ Clavicle
⇒ Acromion
⇒ Glenoid cavity - Each half of the pelvie girdle consists of:
⇒ Acetabulum
- Joints and Its Classification
- Joints
- Classification of joints
- Fibrous Joint
- Cartilaginous Joint
- Synovial Joint
⇒ Types of synovial joints
a) Ball and Socket Joint
b) Hinge Joint
c) Pivot Joint
d) Gliding Joint
e) Saddle Joint
- Skin - "The Jack of All Trades"
- Skin
- Functions of the Skin
- Structure of the Skin
- Structure of the Skin
- The skin proper
- Derivation of the skin
- The Skin Proper
- Epidermis
- Dermis
- Derivation of the Skin
- Hair
- Nails
- Sebaceous glands
- Sweat glands
- Mammary glands
9 Motion and Types of Motion
- Motion and Rest
- What is rest?
- What is motion?
- Rest and motion are relative
- Types of Motion
- Speed
- Speed
- Formula of Speed
- Unit of Speed
- Examples of Speed
- Types of Speed
- Types of Speed
- Uniform Speed
- Non-Uniform speed
- Instantaneous Speed
- Average Speed
10 Force and Types of Force
- Force
- Force - Push or Pull
- Types of Force: Contact Force
- Types of Contact Force
- Frictional Force
- Normal reaction Force
- Spring Force
- Applied Force (Muscular force)
- Tension Force
- Air Resistance Force
- Mechanical force
- Force exerted during collision
- Types of Force: Non-Contact Force
- The general character of non-contact force
- Types of Force: Non-Contact Force
- Magnetic Force
- Electrostatic Force
- Gravitational Force
- Nuclear Force
- Balance Force
- Unbalance Force
- Combined Forces
11 Work and Energy
- Introduction of Work
- Work
- Application of force
- Two conditions need to be satisfied for work to be done
- Factors affecting the amount of work done
- Concept of Work
- Definition of work
- Units of work
- Relationship between joule and erg
- Positive, Negative, and Zero Work
- Concept of Energy
- Energy is the capacity to do work
- Relationship between work and energy
- Units of energy
- Mechanical Energy and Its Types
- Mechanical Energy
- Types of Mechanical Energy
(1) Potential Energy
(2) Kinetic Energy
- Potential Energy
- Potential Energy
- Expression for the potential Energy
- Some examples of potential energy Gravitational potential energy
- Kinetic Energy
- Kinetic Energy
- Factors affecting the kinetic energy of a moving body
- Expression for the Kinetic Energy
- Relationship between kinetic energy and momentum
- Heat Energy (Thermal Energy)
- Light Energy
- Chemical Energy
- Different Forms of Energy
- Different Forms of Energy
- Solar energy
- Heat (or radiant) energy
- Light energy
- Chemical (or fuel) energy
- Hydro energy
- Electrical energy
- Nuclear energy
- Geothermal energy
- Wind energy
- Sound energy
- Magnetic energy
- Mechanical energy
- Transformation of Energy
- Conventional Sources of Energy and Non-conventional Sources of Energy
- Conventional Sources of Energy (Inexhaustible Natural Resources)
- Non-Conventional Sources of Energy (Exhaustible Natural Resources)
- Difference between Conventional Sources of Energy and Non-Conventional Sources of Energy
- Solar Energy
- Solar Energy
- Production of electricity from solar energy
- Solar photovoltaic cell
- Application of solar energy
- Solar Thermal power plant
- Wind Energy
- Wind Energy
- Windmill
- Production of electricity from wind
- Uses of Wind Energy
- Energy from the Sea
- Tidal Energy
- Wave Energy
- Ocean Thermal Energy
- Nuclear Energy
- Nuclear Energy
- Production of electricity from Nuclear energy
- Atomic power stations in India
12 Simple Machines
- Machines
- Machine
- Examples of Machine
- Simple Machines
- Simple machine
- Function and uses of Simple machine
- Complex Machines
- Inclined Plane
- Wedge
- Lever
- Levers
- Principle of a lever (M.A. of a lever)
- Classes of Lever
- Classes of Lever
- Class I levers
- Class II levers
- Class III levers
- Pulley
- Pulley
- The mechanical advantage of the pulley
- Wheel and Axle
- Maintenance of Machines
13 Sound
- Sound
- Sound
- Types of Sound
- Longitudinal wave
- Transverse wave
- Categories of sound waves based on their frequencies
- Audible waves
- Infrasonic waves
- Ultrasonic waves
- Production of Sound
- Experiment: A vibrating string produces sound.
- Experiment: A vibrating tuning fork produces sound.
- Sound Produced by Humans
- Human Ear
- Structure of Human Ear
- Mechanism of Human ear
- Propagation of Sound
- Sound Need a Medium to Travel
- Experiment: Bell-Jar experiment
- Noise Pollution
- Noise Pollution
- Health hazards due to noise pollution
14 Light and the Formation of Shadows
- Light
- Luminous and Non-luminous Bodies
- Sources of Light
- Rectilinear Propagation of Light
- Reflection of Light
- Reflection of Light
- How do we see an object?
- Plane Mirror and Reflection
- Plane Mirror and Reflection
- Characteristic of the image formed by a plane mirror
- Uses of a plane mirror
- A Pinhole Camera
- Some Important Terms Related to Light
- Shadow
- Formation of Shadow
- Concept of Prism
- Dispersion of Light Through Prism and Formation of Spectrum
- Dispersion Of Light through Prism
- Newton's Experiment
- Formation of Rainbow
- Newton Disc
- Spectrum
- Cause of dispersion of white light and formation of spectrum
- Angular dispersion (Δ)
- Dispersive power (ω)
- Dispersion without deviation
- Deviation without dispersion
15 Fun with Magnets
- Magnet and Its Characteristics
- Magnet
- Properties of a magnet
1) Attractive Property
2) Directive Property
3) Laws of magnetic poles
4) Poles exist in pairs
5) Sure test of polarity
6) Magnetic induction
- Magnetic and Non-magnetic Materials
- Discovery of Magnets
- Finding Directions with a Magnet
- Magnetic Properties
- Laws of Magnetism
- Electromagnet
- Discovery of the electromagnet
- Principle of an electromagnet
- Clock rule
- Ways of increasing the magnetic field of an electromagnet
- Demagnetization of a Magnet
- Care and Storage of Magnets
16 The Universe
- Universe
- Galaxy and Its Types
- Stars and Its Types
- The Solar System
- Other Bodies of the Solar System
- Satellites
- Dwarf planets
- Asteroids
- A comet
- A meteor
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