Grade 11 Science Worksheets

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• Analyze how acid–base reactions and buffering influence environmental pH in Alberta contexts.
• Use stoichiometry and titration ideas to estimate neutralization requirements for contaminated water.
• Explain how dissociation and equilibrium affect remediation decisions and compliance targets.

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• Understand the importance of reliability in engineering systems.
• Identify key metrics used to measure system reliability.
• Interpret how stability, efficiency, and failure rates affect performance.+ Show more

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• Describe how atomic models evolved from indivisible-particle ideas to quantum mechanical models.
• Explain the roles of protons, neutrons, and electrons, including their relative masses and charges.
• Use quantum numbers and orbital concepts to justify why electrons occupy discrete energy levels.

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• Identify the sequence of key enzymes and complexes used during DNA replication
• Explain how leading and lagging strand synthesis differ
• Describe how cells maintain accuracy using proofreading and mismatch repair+ Show more

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• Explain how DNA sequence information is used to build proteins through transcription and translation.
• Connect amino acid sequences to protein folding and explain how structure creates biochemical function.
• Describe how changes in DNA (genotype) can alter protein conformation and lead to physiological and cellular effects.

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• Explain the concept of alleles and their role in heredity.
• Describe how alleles segregate during gamete formation.
• Predict offspring genotypes and phenotypes using probability models.+ Show more

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• Describe ecosystem-level processes that regulate energy flow and material cycling, including primary production and decomposition.
• Explain biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus, and how they are measured and modeled.
• Analyze how land-use change, nutrient inputs, and climate variability influence cycle rates and ecosystem services.+ Show more

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• Understand how valence electrons are arranged in molecules.
• Explain how electron distribution influences molecular polarity.
• Analyze examples of polar and nonpolar molecules based on electron arrangements.+ Show more

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• Understand vector description of motion and Newtonian forces in mechanical systems.
• Apply energy, impulse, and momentum concepts to analyze physical phenomena.
• Explore the role of scaling laws, dimensional analysis, and modeling strategies in physics.+ Show more

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• Evaluate the evidence supporting wave and particle models of electromagnetic radiation.
• Explain phenomena such as interference, diffraction gratings, and the photoelectric effect.
• Identify where each model of electromagnetic radiation is applicable and where it breaks down.+ Show more

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• Explain how energy and matter move through trophic levels from producers to consumers and decomposers.
• Distinguish omnivory, detritivory, and trophic cascades in real ecosystem examples.
• Interpret how food webs connect organisms and how changes at one level can affect others.

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• Understand how geologic processes concentrate or disperse mineral resources.
• Identify the formation and distribution of fossil fuels, soils, and groundwater.
• Analyze landscape evolution effects on resource exposure and preservation.+ Show more

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• Understand the biological mechanisms underlying natural selection.
• Identify key factors that influence evolutionary change.
• Analyze how genetic variation contributes to adaptation.+ Show more

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• Compare the organization and structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
• Identify key organelles and describe their ultrastructural features and functions.
• Explain how cellular morphology relates to metabolic and transport roles.+ Show more

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• Identify dominant and recessive traits in genetic inheritance.
• Explain basic Mendelian principles such as segregation and independent assortment.
• Interpret phenotypic ratios resulting from monohybrid and dihybrid crosses.+ Show more

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• Understand how to decompose complex engineering problems into manageable subproblems.
• Apply optimization principles to design trade-offs in materials, cost, and performance.
• Analyze examples such as modular prosthetics, high-efficiency building envelopes, and aerodynamic vehicle components.+ Show more

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• Explain the concept of buffer capacity and its importance in environmental systems.
• Identify factors that influence the buffer capacity of natural systems.
• Analyze how buffer capacity affects environmental management and remediation efforts.+ Show more

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• Explain how DNA’s double-helix structure and complementary base pairing enable accurate information storage and replication
• Identify the roles of the sugar-phosphate backbone and antiparallel DNA strands in DNA stability
• Describe how different types of mutations (substitutions, insertions, deletions) can change genetic information and variation

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• Understand how scientific claims are supported by evidence.
• Identify key components of scientific argumentation.
• Evaluate the strength of scientific explanations based on evidence.+ Show more

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• Understand how plants capture light energy during photosynthesis.
• Identify the roles of different pigments in photon absorption.
• Describe the sequence of electron transport in light reactions.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of enthalpy change in chemical reactions.
• Learn how calorimetric methods measure heat transfer during reactions.
• Explore Hess’s law and how energy steps combine to determine overall reaction heat.+ Show more

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• Explain how coupled Earth system models integrate atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere, and biosphere processes to simulate system behavior.
• Describe common model boundary conditions and diagnostics, including ensemble means and uncertainty ranges.
• Evaluate how forcings (e.g., volcanic eruptions and land-use change) and observational constraints affect model skill and projections.

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• Understand how to use mole ratios in balanced chemical equations to determine limiting reactants and theoretical yields.
• Perform mass-to-mass, mass-to-mole, and mole-to-volume calculations for gases under standard conditions.
• Derive empirical and molecular formulas from compositional data and understand atom count balancing.

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• Distinguish precision and accuracy and identify common sources of measurement uncertainty.
• Use significant figures and instrument calibration to report measurements appropriately.
• Explain how uncertainty can be represented with error bars and confidence-style intervals.

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• Explain the principles of the photoelectric effect and how it provides evidence for quantized light energy.
• Describe how light frequency and intensity influence the emission of electrons from a material.
• Understand the relationship between photon energy, work function, and maximum kinetic energy of emitted electrons.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of climate feedbacks and their impact on climate change.
• Identify different types of feedback mechanisms such as ice-albedo, water vapor, and carbon-cycle feedbacks.
• Explain how feedback strength and timescales influence long-term climate trends.+ Show more

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• Decompose two-dimensional projectile motion into independent horizontal and vertical components.
• Use kinematic equations to predict horizontal motion, vertical motion, and key trajectory features (range, maximum height, and time of flight).
• Explain how initial speed and launch angle determine projectile outcomes using symmetry of parabolic flight.

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• Understand the different types of friction and their characteristics.
• Explain how friction depends on contact surfaces and normal force.
• Apply the concepts of static and kinetic friction to real-world scenarios.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of speciation and its mechanisms
• Identify different modes of speciation such as allopatric and sympatric
• Interpret phylogenetic trees based on morphological and molecular data+ Show more

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• Understand the definitions of acid dissociation constant (Ka) and base dissociation constant (Kb).
• Explore the relationship between Ka, Kb, and Kw in conjugate acid-base pairs.
• Apply equilibrium concepts to predict pH, buffer capacity, and percent ionization in various systems.+ Show more

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• Understand the components and interactions within Earth system models, including tectonics, surface processes, and ocean circulation.
• Analyze the role of biogeochemical feedbacks, such as volcanic carbon sources and silicate weathering sinks, over various timescales.
• Evaluate observational data constraints, including paleoproxies and seismic tomography, in testing Earth system hypotheses.+ Show more

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• Understand the various remote sensing methods and their applications in landscape monitoring.
• Identify different geographic information system (GIS) techniques used for ecological analysis.
• Explain the concepts of land cover classification, vegetation indices, and change detection.+ Show more

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• Understand the factors influencing reaction rates, including collision frequency, molecular orientation, and activation energy.
• Explain the concept of rate laws and how they relate reactant concentrations to reaction speed.
• Describe the Arrhenius equation and how temperature and activation energy affect rate constants.+ Show more

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• Explain what one mole means using Avogadro’s number and relate it to particle counts
• Convert between mass, moles, number of particles, and (where applicable) gas volume using mole relationships
• Apply mole concepts to interpret stoichiometric relationships in chemical reactions

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• Define the center of mass as the weighted average position of mass in a system.
• Explain how center-of-mass motion follows Newton’s laws for a system under external forces.
• Use center-of-mass ideas to analyze recoil, explosions, and multi-body motion qualitatively.

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• Understand how observations of distant galaxies support the universe's expansion
• Interpret galactic redshift data using Hubble's law
• Analyze cosmic microwave background measurements to infer the age of the universe+ Show more

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• Explain the concept of genetic drift and how it differs from natural selection.
• Describe the effects of bottleneck and founder events on genetic variation.
• Analyze how genetic drift influences evolution in small populations.+ Show more

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• Identify sources and flows of energy in Earth's climate system.
• Interpret radiative flux diagrams and albedo maps.
• Understand mechanisms driving seasonal cycles and polar amplification.+ Show more

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• Explain how environmental change can alter which heritable traits increase fitness in a population
• Describe how allele frequencies can shift across generations under natural selection
• Evaluate how genetic variation, selection pressure, and population dynamics influence evolutionary outcomes+ Show more

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• Understand the basic concepts of chemical reactions and indicators
• Identify signs of chemical change such as colour change, gas evolution, and energy release
• Learn reaction classification, balancing, and the importance of conservation laws

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• Explain how endocrine glands release hormones into the bloodstream to regulate long-term body functions
• Identify how negative and positive feedback loops change hormone secretion rates
• Describe how hormone receptors and second-messenger systems translate chemical signals into cellular responses+ Show more

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• Understand the mechanism of conduction in heat transfer
• Identify common examples of conduction in daily life
• Describe the process of particle collisions in solids that transfer heat+ Show more

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• Understand the techniques used to analyze molecular evidence for heredity.
• Identify different types of molecular markers and their applications.
• Explain how sequence comparisons and genetic variation analyses inform evolutionary relationships.+ Show more

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• Explain the conservation of mass and distinguish rearrangement of atoms from creation or destruction
• Use mass balance reasoning to compare total mass of reactants and products in closed systems
• Interpret reaction situations using reaction equations and check whether measured masses are consistent

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• Explain how molecular building blocks scale up to cellular structures, from macromolecules to organelles.
• Compare prokaryotic and eukaryotic cellular organization, focusing on membranes, cytoskeleton, and compartmentalization.
• Use ultrastructure evidence to justify how localization supports specific biochemical pathways.

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• Explain how major organelles contribute to cell function in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
• Compare prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells in terms of internal organization and compartmentalization
• Interpret schematic cell models and microscopy-based representations of relative size and organelle arrangement

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• Explain how genetic mutations change DNA and how those changes can alter protein structure and function.
• Differentiate silent, missense, nonsense, and frameshift mutations based on their effects on reading frames and amino acids.
• Describe common sources of mutations and predict how mutations may affect phenotype, regulation, or genetic variation.

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• Explain how protons, neutrons, and electrons determine atomic identity, isotopes, and chemical behavior
• Use electron energy levels (including valence electrons) to predict bonding and reactivity trends
• Connect electron structure to macroscopic properties such as stability and electrical conductivity