Grade 11 Worksheets

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• Explain how temperature influences reaction rates through the distribution of molecular kinetic energies.
• Describe the role of activation energy in determining whether collisions lead to product formation.
• Connect microscopic collision energetics to macroscopic observations of rate changes with temperature.+ Show more

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• Explain how energy technologies affect emissions, resource use, and reliability across an entire system.
• Use engineering criteria (efficiency, cost, safety, and environmental impacts) to evaluate energy design choices.
• Interpret how storage and smart-grid controls change demand timing and grid stability.+ Show more

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• Explain how iterative testing uses results to refine a design over multiple versions.
• Analyze how observed outcomes can reveal specific design causes (e.g., structural weakness, instability, or losses).
• Evaluate how each iteration reduces uncertainty and improves reliability under realistic conditions.+ Show more

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• Explain how models represent relationships among variables to predict system behavior before building prototypes.
• Compare multiple solution approaches by analyzing assumptions, calculations, and simulation results against constraints and criteria.
• Identify common limitations and failure modes of models and describe how to refine models using new evidence.

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• Differentiate negative feedback and positive feedback in feedback control loops
• Explain how sensors, controllers, and effectors work together to maintain or change internal conditions
• Use real-world examples to predict whether a feedback loop will stabilize or amplify a change

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• Explain how positive and negative feedback mechanisms influence Earth system responses to change.
• Identify real-world examples of feedbacks involving water vapor, clouds, ice albedo, and land cover.
• Analyze how human actions can alter feedback pathways connecting surface processes to climate outcomes.

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• Explain conservation of mass in a closed system using particle/atom reasoning
• Connect conservation of mass to balanced chemical equations and measurable quantities
• Interpret how experimental setup (closed vs. open) affects mass measurements

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• Explain how ecological succession proceeds after a disturbance or new habitat formation.
• Identify roles of pioneer species and later species in changing community structure over time.
• Analyze how abiotic factors (climate, soil, disturbance type/frequency) shape succession pathways.+ Show more

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• Explain natural selection as a process driven by heritable variation and differences in fitness.
• Analyze how environmental pressures can cause different adaptations in different habitats.
• Use evidence from examples to distinguish adaptation, selection, and evolution over generations.

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• Explain how photosynthesis converts light energy into chemical energy stored in organic molecules
• Describe the roles of chlorophyll, light-dependent reactions, and the Calvin cycle
• Interpret how photosynthesis affects oxygen release and carbon availability in ecosystems+ Show more

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• Interpret position–time and velocity–time graphs to describe motion, including speeding up, slowing down, and changing direction
• Relate graph features (slope and area under a velocity–time graph) to quantitative rates of change
• Use constant versus varying acceleration patterns to predict how graph shapes should look

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• Explain how concentration influences reaction rate using the collision model
• Interpret how dilution or mixing changes collision frequency and therefore rate
• Use rate-law ideas to predict qualitative changes when reactant concentrations change+ Show more

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• Interpret uncertainty using error bars, ranges, and measurement spread in graphs.
• Use basic statistics (mean and variability) to support data-based claims.
• Judge whether differences between groups are meaningful beyond typical measurement noise.+ Show more

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• Explain how valence-shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) predicts molecular geometry from bonding and lone-pair electrons.
• Identify common VSEPR shapes (linear, trigonal planar, tetrahedral, trigonal bipyramidal, octahedral) and associated ideal bond angles.
• Use geometry and symmetry to reason about molecular polarity and bond-angle trends.

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• Explain how conservation of mass is demonstrated by balanced chemical equations.
• Balance chemical equations by adjusting stoichiometric coefficients while conserving each element.
• Classify common reaction types (synthesis, decomposition, single-displacement, double-displacement, combustion) and link them to balanced forms.+ Show more

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• Connect the ideal gas law with mole ratios from balanced equations to solve gas stoichiometry problems under different conditions.
• Use standard and nonstandard conditions to convert between gas volume, pressure, temperature, and amount of gas.
• Apply gas stoichiometry reasoning to Alberta-relevant energy and emissions contexts (e.g., natural gas processing and bitumen recovery).

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• Define ionic strength and explain how ion concentration and charge together influence ion activity
• Describe qualitatively how increasing ionic strength affects solubility and chemical equilibria in non-ideal solutions
• Apply ionic strength ideas to real contexts such as saline aquifers and oil-sands process waters in Alberta

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• Explain how mass percent and volume percent represent solute amount relative to total solution
• Interpret ppm values for trace solutes and describe when ppm is appropriate to use
• Convert between concentration expressions using correct bases and units+ Show more

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• Differentiate between unsaturated, saturated, and supersaturated solutions using solubility limits
• Explain dynamic equilibrium between dissolved ions and solid phases
• Predict how temperature changes and disturbances affect precipitation and dissolution

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• Explain how intermolecular forces, solute/solvent polarity, and temperature affect solubility
• Predict how changes in temperature, pressure, and gas-liquid interactions influence dissolving
• Apply solubility concepts to real-world situations involving natural waters and dissolved oxygen

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• Write Ksp equilibrium expressions for slightly soluble salts and identify the correct ion concentrations.
• Use qualitative meaning of Ksp to predict how solubility changes for different salts.
• Connect Ksp and the ion product Q to precipitation and scale formation in real water systems.

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• Explain how hybridization models account for molecular geometry and bond angles in covalent molecules.
• Identify the hybridization of common bonding arrangements (sp, sp2, sp3) and connect them to linear, trigonal planar, and tetrahedral shapes.
• Describe how hybrid orbitals form sigma bonds and how unhybridized orbitals can contribute to pi bonding in multiple bonds.+ Show more

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• Explain how electron transfer leads to the formation of ions and ionic compounds
• Describe how electrostatic attraction and ionic lattices account for ionic solid properties
• Use lattice energy and ionic charge/size ideas to predict formulas and trends such as solubility

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• Classify chemical reactions by patterns such as synthesis, decomposition, displacement, combustion, and redox transformations.
• Predict product relationships and describe how oxidation states change for reaction types.
• Identify whether electron transfer or mainly bond rearrangement dominates using balanced equations and oxidation-state changes.+ Show more

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• Distinguish between endothermic and exothermic reactions using enthalpy (ΔH) and energy flow.
• Explain how reaction enthalpy relates to bonds broken and bonds formed, including qualitative predictions of heat release/absorption.
• Calculate and interpret reaction enthalpy using standard enthalpies of formation and Hess’s law concepts.

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• Explain how weathering produces sediments that can be transported by water, wind, ice, and gravity.
• Describe the processes of erosion, transport, and deposition and how they build sedimentary basins.
• Connect sediment compaction and diagenesis to the formation of sedimentary rocks and preserved environmental signals.+ Show more

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• Explain how the geologic time scale organizes Earth history into intervals based on major events and fossil assemblages.
• Use relative dating principles (stratigraphic superposition and fossil succession) to determine the sequence of rock layers and events.
• Connect radiometric dating to absolute ages and interpret how rates of deposition, erosion, and tectonic uplift shape landscapes over geologic time.

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• Explain the major components of a petroleum system (source rock, thermal maturation, migration, reservoir, seal, and traps).
• Analyze how burial history, basin architecture, and reservoir properties influence hydrocarbon generation and accumulation.
• Evaluate concepts used to assess petroleum system risk, including timing and potential leakage pathways.

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• Explain how thermal-driven circulation in Earth’s mantle can transport heat and redistribute material.
• Describe how upwelling, downwelling, and mantle plumes relate to plate motion and surface tectonics.
• Interpret how seismic tomography and gravity anomalies provide evidence for complex mantle flow patterns.+ Show more

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• Explain how hydrothermal, placer (sedimentary sorting), and magmatic processes can form mineral deposits.
• Identify how host rock, depth, accessibility, and geological setting affect whether a deposit is economically viable.
• Describe how extraction methods and environmental considerations shape impacts before and after mining.

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• Explain how tectonic convergence leads to crustal shortening and vertical uplift during mountain building (orogeny).
• Identify key structural features of orogenic belts, including folded strata, thrust faults, metamorphic cores, and foreland basins.
• Describe how uplift and erosion interact over geologic time to control relief and sedimentation patterns.

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• Explain how plate tectonics accounts for mountain building and the formation of ocean basins
• Identify key evidence for plate motion, including seafloor magnetic stripes and earthquake patterns
• Differentiate between divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries+ Show more

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• Explain how mid-ocean ridges generate new oceanic crust through seafloor spreading.
• Describe how symmetrical magnetic stripe patterns support the idea of Earth’s magnetic field reversals recorded in basalt.
• Interpret evidence such as crust age patterns and ocean-basin bathymetry to support continuous plate movement.

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• Explain how geological processes create and locate natural resources and how that affects extraction feasibility and cost.
• Identify major geohazards (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, tsunamis) and describe how they threaten communities and infrastructure.
• Evaluate trade-offs between resource development benefits and environmental risks by using spatial, economic, and hazard vulnerability information.+ Show more

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• Explain how cellular respiration releases usable energy through glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation.
• Describe how electrons move through an electron transport chain and how oxygen functions as the final electron acceptor.
• Use chemiosmosis to connect proton pumping, electrochemical gradients, and ATP synthase to ATP production.

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• Explain how nucleotide subunits form the DNA double helix and how base pairing creates specificity.
• Describe the roles of the sugar-phosphate backbone and antiparallel strands during replication.
• Connect DNA sequence changes (substitutions, insertions, deletions) to effects on genes and protein products.

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• Explain how allele dominance and recessiveness determine phenotype in simple Mendelian crosses.
• Predict genotype and phenotype ratios for single-gene inheritance using segregation principles.
• Interpret pedigree patterns to infer likely inheritance modes across generations.+ Show more

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• Explain how genetic mutations arise from replication errors, chemical changes, and environmental mutagens
• Differentiate types of mutations (base substitutions, insertions, deletions, and structural chromosomal changes) and predict likely effects
• Describe how mutations contribute to genetic variation and evolution through selection pressures

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• Explain how crossing over during prophase I creates new allele combinations during meiosis.
• Describe how independent assortment during metaphase I contributes to genetic variation.
• Model the relationship between chiasmata formation, spindle dynamics, and accurate chromosome segregation.

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• Explain how reproductive isolation leads to speciation through genetic divergence.
• Compare allopatric and sympatric speciation and identify likely causes of each.
• Differentiate prezygotic and postzygotic barriers and predict their effects on gene flow.+ Show more

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• Explain how selective permeability of the phospholipid bilayer controls diffusion, osmosis, and transport rates.
• Differentiate passive transport processes (diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion) from active transport using ATP and ion gradients.
• Describe how concentration gradients and membrane proteins (channels, carriers, pumps) determine the direction and energy cost of transport.+ Show more

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• Explain how shared characters and molecular data support hypotheses of evolutionary relationships
• Identify how phylogenetic trees represent clades, branching order, and common ancestry
• Compare methods and ideas used to infer tree topology and divergence times (parsimony, maximum likelihood, molecular clocks)+ Show more

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• Explain what the center of mass (CM) means as a weighted average of a system’s mass distribution
• Use conservation of momentum and Newton’s laws to predict center-of-mass motion in multi-body situations
• Apply CM ideas to simplify recoil, explosion, and multi-particle trajectory problems

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• Explain complete versus incomplete combustion using oxidation of fuels and oxygen availability
• Calculate oxygen demand and relate it to the formation of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide
• Describe how nitrogen oxides can form at high combustion temperatures+ Show more

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• Explain how the conservation of mass and conservation of atoms apply to chemical reactions.
• Use balanced chemical equations to connect microscopic atom counts with macroscopic mass measurements.
• Apply mass accounting ideas to predict product amounts and to interpret mass-balance results in closed systems.

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• Use balanced chemical equations to relate moles and masses of reactants and products.
• Apply mole and mass balances to industrial process streams including recycle and losses.
• Determine limiting reagents and interpret yield/efficiency in real production settings.+ Show more

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• Explain the difference between molecular, complete ionic, and net ionic equations in aqueous reactions
• Write and interpret ionic equations by identifying spectator ions and enforcing charge balance
• Use solubility rules to predict which ions appear in net ionic forms

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• Determine the limiting reagent using mole-to-mole relationships from a balanced chemical equation
• Identify the excess reagent and calculate the maximum theoretical yield of a product
• Explain how limiting-reagent calculations support industrial optimization and waste reduction