Grade 11 Worksheets

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• Explain how natural resource availability and natural hazards influence human settlement and land use patterns.
• Analyze how climate change can intensify hazards and affect migration and economic development.
• Evaluate trade-offs between resource extraction and ecosystem services for sustainability.

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• Explain how life-cycle impacts affect decisions about energy and mineral resource development
• Compare technical and policy strategies for extracting, transporting, and using resources more sustainably
• Describe how reclamation and hazard exposure influence resilience and decision-making+ Show more

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• Explain how computational simulations are used to predict how an engineered system responds under different boundary conditions.
• Describe the role of validation with empirical data and parameter sensitivity analysis in assessing model reliability.
• Compare alternative engineering designs by using scenario-based projections of system performance and potential failure modes.

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• Explain how decomposing a complex engineering problem into subproblems improves design decisions
• Use constraints and quantitative criteria (e.g., energy efficiency, strength-to-weight, life-cycle cost) to compare design options
• Describe how iterative testing and refinement can improve performance while managing trade-offs

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• Identify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints in a real-world problem.
• Translate stakeholder needs into measurable requirements and performance metrics.
• Create a clear conceptual model that supports multiple solution approaches.+ Show more

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• Explain how amplitude, frequency, wavelength, and wave speed relate to energy transfer in waves
• Predict how reflection, refraction, and diffraction change a wave’s direction or pattern
• Use interference and resonance ideas to describe regions of constructive/destructive overlap and amplified oscillations

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• Apply conservation of total linear momentum to analyze collisions in an isolated system
• Use pre- and post-interaction momentum balances to compare outcomes without relying on force details
• Interpret center-of-mass motion and connect it to constituent contributions in a vector framework

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• Use Newton’s second law (F = ma) to relate net force, mass, and acceleration in different situations.
• Interpret motion scenarios (free fall, projectiles, inclined planes, and uniform circular motion) to identify net force and direction of acceleration.
• Connect algebraic relationships and vector ideas of forces to real motion trajectories and graphs.

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• Use the impulse–momentum relationship to explain how changing collision time affects forces in crash protection systems.
• Interpret force–time information to estimate impulse and compare safety designs using material deformation parameters.
• Evaluate and refine a crash-protection concept to meet safety constraints by managing peak force and total impulse.

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• Use inverse-square relationships to express gravitational and electrostatic force magnitudes between objects.
• Apply vector addition to determine a net force direction from multiple long-range interactions.
• Predict how net force influences motion, including orbital dynamics and curved charged-particle paths.

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• Explain how redshift and Hubble’s law connect observations to the expansion history of the universe.
• Describe how the cosmic microwave background and primordial element abundances constrain cosmic age and early conditions.
• Connect radiometric dating of meteorites to the age of the solar system.+ Show more

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• Explain how Kepler’s laws describe planetary motion and connect them to orbital geometry (semi-major axis, eccentricity).
• Use conservation of angular momentum and gravitational attraction to reason about changes in orbital speed and direction.
• Analyze how resonances and perturbations (eccentricity, inclination, and resonance with other bodies) can affect long-term stability.+ Show more

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• Evaluate claims about how detector response changes across electromagnetic frequency bands using evidence from measurements.
• Explain how calibration, uncertainty, and instrument limitations affect the validity and reliability of detector imaging results.

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• Compare analog and digital transmission/storage using bandwidth, noise immunity, and signal fidelity.
• Explain how encoding, modulation, and decoding work together to represent information reliably.
• Use quantitative ideas such as bit rate, signal-to-noise ratio, and spectral occupancy to evaluate communication systems.

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• Evaluate evidence for the wave and particle models of electromagnetic radiation using interference, diffraction, and the photoelectric effect.
• Explain where each model works well and where it breaks down for different observed phenomena.
• Connect spectral observations (wavelength, frequency, energy) to the underlying behavior of light.

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• Use the relationship v = fλ to calculate and compare wave speed, frequency, and wavelength.
• Explain how phase and amplitude describe the position and size of oscillations in transverse and longitudinal waves.
• Interpret how wave behavior changes across media, including refraction and dispersion, using quantitative reasoning and graphs.

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• Model energy transfers among system components and across system boundaries using energy accounting (heat, work, and stored energy).
• Apply conservation of total energy to compare predicted energy changes with given data.
• Interpret sign conventions and gravitational or elastic energy changes in computational energy tables.

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• Explain how energy can change forms (mechanical, electrical, chemical, and thermal) and trace conversions in real devices.
• Use efficiency ideas to analyze energy losses during conversions and testing.
• Design and evaluate an energy-conversion device using constraints such as safety, materials, and cost.

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• Explain how conduction, convection, and radiation transfer thermal energy and how each affects temperature change.
• Use qualitative relationships (heat flow direction and temperature gradients) to predict equilibrium behavior.
• Describe phase transitions using latent heat and connect it to energy transfer during melting and vaporization.

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• Explain how microscopic particle motion and interactions relate to macroscopic temperature and thermal expansion.
• Model internal energy changes in gases using particle kinetic energy and interparticle potential energy.
• Compare how energy appears at the microscopic level in gases versus solids using ideas like vibrational motion.+ Show more

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• Compute mechanical and electrical power using P = W/t and interpret units.
• Use measured electrical quantities with P = IV and compare predictions to observations.
• Analyze efficiency by relating useful output power to input power and explain discrepancies.

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• Explain how multiple independent lines of evidence (fossils, anatomy, molecular data, and biogeography) support common ancestry and evolution.
• Use examples of fossil succession and transitional forms to describe how traits can persist and change over geological time.
• Compare homologous structures and vestigial organs as evidence of evolutionary relationships.+ Show more

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• Explain how natural selection changes populations through heritable variation, differential survival, and differential reproduction.
• Identify how reproductive potential, genetic variation from mutation and recombination, and environmental pressures affect trait frequencies.
• Use examples such as finch bill variation and industrial melanism to describe selection pressures and fitness differences across generations.

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• Explain how geographic isolation and reproductive barriers can lead to population divergence and speciation.
• Compare allopatric and sympatric speciation and describe adaptive radiation as a driver of diversification.
• Interpret phylogenetic trees using concepts like monophyly, homology, and tree topology.

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• Use the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium model to calculate expected genotype frequencies from allele frequencies
• Evaluate departures from Hardy–Weinberg expectations using chi-square tests and confidence intervals
• Interpret sampling error, population size effects, and probability models for fixation versus loss in evolutionary genetics+ Show more

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• Explain Mendelian inheritance and how meiosis produces predictable allele combinations
• Compare patterns that go beyond simple dominance, including incomplete dominance, codominance, and sex linkage
• Use probability, recombination, and linkage ideas to interpret pedigrees and inheritance outcomes+ Show more

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• Explain how DNA sequence information is converted into functional proteins through replication, transcription, and translation
• Describe how codons specify amino acids using the genetic code
• Connect chromosomal organization and gene regulation to observable phenotypes and allelic variation

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• Explain how different mutation types (point mutations, frameshifts, duplications, deletions, and translocations) create genetic variation.
• Describe how mutation rates and mutagen exposure influence the likelihood of heritable changes in populations.
• Predict how mutations can alter protein function and contribute to traits and heritable diseases (e.g., sickle-cell hemoglobin and cystic fibrosis).

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• Explain chemical reactions using the particle model of bonds breaking and forming.
• Describe conservation of atoms and how balanced equations reflect it.
• Connect microscopic rearrangements to observable macroscopic changes in reactants and products.

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• Explain how conservation of energy applies to exothermic and endothermic reactions.
• Describe how reaction energy changes can appear as thermal energy, light, or electrical energy in electrochemical systems.
• Use relative internal energy of reactants and products to predict the direction of energy flow.

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• Explain how electron configurations relate to valence, ion charge, and bonding patterns across periods and groups.
• Predict general trends in metallic/nonmetallic character and typical reactivity using periodic table position.
• Use electronegativity and bonding type (ionic vs covalent) to reason about element behavior.

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• Apply Newton’s second law to predict how net force, mass, and acceleration relate.
• Determine the direction of acceleration from the direction of the net force vector.
• Use force addition (thrust and friction) to explain changes in velocity and trajectory.+ Show more

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• Explain momentum as a vector quantity and why it is conserved in an isolated system
• Use equal and opposite forces to reason about impulse and total momentum before and after collisions
• Distinguish elastic and inelastic collisions by how they affect kinetic energy+ Show more

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• Explain energy conservation using energy accounting between interacting components
• Identify common energy forms (gravitational potential, kinetic, thermal, and field energy) and how they transfer
• Use qualitative energy bookkeeping to predict what happens to energy during real processes

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• Explain how wavelength and frequency relate to the energy of electromagnetic radiation.
• Classify parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in order of increasing energy.
• Describe how absorption, emission, reflection, and scattering depend on wavelength and atomic energy levels.+ Show more

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• Explain what pH means and how it relates to hydrogen ion concentration and acidity/basicity.
• Use the pH–pOH relationship (at 25°C, pH + pOH = 14) to solve or check chemistry problems.
• Connect pH to real-world effects such as mineral solubility, chemical speciation, and aquatic organism suitability.

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• Explain how digital transmission converts continuous signals into discrete levels represented by bits.
• Describe how noise affects communication and how error correction improves reliability.
• Analyze the tradeoff between sampling rate, bandwidth, and data requirements in digital systems.

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• Use VSEPR to predict molecular shape and relate shape to polarity and dipole alignment
• Compare intermolecular forces (London dispersion, dipole-dipole, and hydrogen bonding) using molecular examples
• Explain how intermolecular forces affect melting and boiling points, including real-world regional phenomena

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• Explain how natural resources influence infrastructure, economic decisions, and environmental outcomes.
• Differentiate renewable and nonrenewable resources by replenishment rate and regional availability.
• Describe how resource demand and extraction byproducts can affect water, land, energy, and ecosystems.

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• Explain how matter cycles through Earth’s reservoirs (geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere).
• Describe how energy from the Sun and Earth’s internal heat drives phase changes and transport.
• Connect material cycling to long-term patterns like the rock cycle and the water cycle.+ Show more

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• Explain how engineering solutions reduce harm to Earth systems and human populations during hazards.
• Evaluate trade-offs among effectiveness, cost, and environmental impacts in mitigation planning.
• Describe how uncertainty and system-wide effects influence mitigation tool decisions.

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• Explain how land-use change, extraction, and waste management can alter Earth’s material cycles.
• Describe how changes in the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere connect and affect water quality and air quality.
• Use evidence-based reasoning to predict measurable near-surface and surface chemistry changes caused by human activity.

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• Explain how climate forecasts combine observations with outputs from climate models.
• Identify how historical trends and measurable indicators are used to evaluate model predictions.
• Describe the types of impacts climate forecasts can support, including precipitation, temperature extremes, and sea-level rise.+ Show more

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• Describe multiple types of evidence used to reconstruct past climate changes, including ice cores and trapped gases.
• Explain how greenhouse gases, aerosols, and Earth’s reflectivity can work together to affect temperature over long time scales.
• Evaluate whether specific statements about climate evidence and interpretation are accurate.

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• Read and interpret solubility curves to determine the state of a solution (unsaturated, saturated, or supersaturated).
• Explain how temperature affects solute solubility for salts and how this shows up on graphs.
• Connect trends on solubility curves to molecular interactions and to real-world Alberta contexts.

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• Explain how DNA sequence comparisons and molecular markers provide evidence for heredity.
• Describe how PCR amplification and sequencing can be used to infer relationships among individuals or species.
• Use molecular information (e.g., SNPs and restriction fragment patterns) to interpret genetic variation and relatedness.

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• Define solute, solvent, and solution using homogeneous-mixture language.
• Explain how microscopic interactions drive dissolution and affect solution properties.
• Use and interpret common concentration units and identify types of solutions.

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• Use molar concentration to convert between volume of solution and moles of dissolved reactants.
• Apply mole-to-mole ratios from balanced equations to predict product amounts in aqueous reactions.
• Identify the limiting reactant in solution-based problems using concentration and stoichiometry.