Grade 11 Science Worksheets

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• Differentiate between gravitational force, normal force, friction, and tension
• Explain how net force determines an object’s acceleration and direction of motion
• Use correct scientific vocabulary (force, vector, net force, acceleration, friction, tension) to describe real-world situations

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• Understand the concepts of work and energy
• Identify how work transfers energy
• Differentiate between kinetic and potential energy+ Show more

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• Explain how reflection of a wave changes direction while maintaining frequency at a boundary.
• Describe how refraction occurs when a wave enters a new medium with different speed, wavelength, and bending of the path.
• Compare ray and wave representations and explain why frequency remains tied to the source.+ Show more

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• Explain the concept of enthalpy and its importance in chemical reactions
• Describe how calorimetric methods determine heat transfer
• Apply Hess’s law to find overall reaction heats from individual steps+ Show more

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• Understand the representation of chemical change through balanced symbolic equations.
• Identify and classify different types of chemical reactions: synthesis, decomposition, combustion, and displacement.
• Interpret reaction notation including states of matter and phase considerations.+ Show more

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• Understand how ions move across cell membranes.
• Identify the roles of active and passive transport mechanisms.
• Describe how electrochemical gradients are established and maintained.+ Show more

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• Explain the principle of conservation of matter in biological and ecosystem processes.
• Use chemical element cycling (e.g., carbon and nitrogen) to describe how matter moves between air, soil, water, and living organisms.
• Predict how growth, metabolism, and reproduction transform matter without creating or destroying it.+ Show more

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• Interpret position–time and velocity–time graphs to analyze motion.
• Understand how the slope of a graph relates to velocity and acceleration.
• Calculate displacement from the area under a velocity–time graph.+ Show more

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• Compare indicator transition ranges with expected equivalence pH
• Select indicators appropriate for common acid–base titrations
• Predict which indicator gives a clearer titration endpoint+ Show more

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• Explain conservation of mass in closed systems
• Compare total mass of reactants and products
• Apply mass balance reasoning to sealed setups+ Show more

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• Explain the differences between ionic and covalent bonds in terms of electron distribution.
• Describe how bonding types influence properties like melting point, electrical conductivity, and solubility.
• Identify examples of materials with ionic and covalent bonds and analyze their structural differences.

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• Explain the concept of gene linkage and how genes located close together on a chromosome tend to be inherited together.
• Describe the process of crossing over during meiosis and its effect on recombination frequency.
• Interpret genetic linkage maps and understand how physical distances between genes are estimated.+ Show more

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• Explain how disturbance regimes, land-use change, connectivity loss, and climate variation influence ecosystem stability and change
• Differentiate resilience, resistance, and regime shifts using examples from real ecosystems
• Analyze how thresholds and feedback loops can drive changes in species composition and ecosystem services

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• Explain how net force is determined by combining multiple forces using vector reasoning
• Interpret free-body diagrams, including contact forces and friction, to predict changes in motion
• Determine whether an object accelerates, moves steadily, or follows a curved path based on net force direction and magnitude

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• Explain how different types of mutations and chromosomal alterations generate genetic variation
• Analyze how mutation sources (replication errors and mutagen exposure) influence mutation dynamics and rates
• Evaluate how mutations can change protein function and lead to heritable traits and disease phenotypes

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• Explain how radiometric dating uses parent and daughter isotopes and known decay rates to estimate absolute ages.
• Differentiate isotope systems by the time ranges and materials they are suitable for (e.g., U-Pb for zircon, C-14 for recent organics).
• Describe how closed-system behavior and closure temperature affect whether isotopic evidence is preserved in minerals.+ Show more

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• Explain the concept of photons and their energy.
• Describe how photon energy relates to light frequency.
• Understand the photoelectric effect and the threshold work function.+ Show more

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• Explain how systems thinking connects multiple engineering outcomes
• Identify trade-offs among performance, cost, safety, and efficiency
• Identify environmental impact as an engineering trade-off+ Show more

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• Explain how effective nuclear charge and electron shielding create predictable periodic trends in atomic radius and ionization energy.
• Use periodic trends to compare electron affinity and electronegativity across periods and down groups.
• Predict likely ion charges and bond polarity tendencies from an element’s position on the periodic table.

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• Interpret qualitative phase diagrams and relate them to intermolecular forces and molecular structure.
• Use vapor pressure curves to explain vapor–liquid equilibria and how temperature changes boiling and freezing points.
• Predict colligative-property trends (boiling point elevation, freezing-point depression, and osmotic behavior) in idealized and non-ideal cases.

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• Explain the stepwise conversion of glucose to pyruvate in glycolysis, including where substrate-level phosphorylation occurs.
• Describe how redox coenzymes (NAD+ and NADH) change during glycolysis and why those changes matter for energy yield.
• Compare the aerobic and anaerobic fates of pyruvate and relate them to differences in overall ATP production.+ Show more

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• Understand the principles of Boyle's, Charles's, and Gay-Lussac's gas laws.
• Apply gas laws to solve problems involving pressure, volume, and temperature.
• Relate gas laws to real-world industrial scenarios in Alberta.+ Show more

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• Understand how energy flows through ecosystems
• Identify chemical transformations in cellular respiration
• Analyze mechanical constraints on organism movement+ Show more

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• Understand the components and significance of stratigraphic columns in geology.
• Interpret depositional histories, unconformities, and facies changes from stratigraphic data.
• Learn how correlation links layers across distances in the geologic record.+ Show more

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• Understand the principles of Mendelian inheritance and the segregation of alleles.
• Identify dominant and recessive patterns and predict genotype and phenotype ratios.
• Trace inheritance patterns across generations using pedigrees.+ Show more

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• Convert between molarity, volume, and moles for reactants in aqueous solutions
• Use balanced chemical equations and mole ratios to predict reactant consumption and product formation
• Apply equivalence (stoichiometric) relationships and mass conservation to solve solution-phase problems

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• Explain principles of population dynamics, including exponential and logistic growth models.
• Identify factors influencing population fluctuations such as density-dependent and density-independent factors.
• Interpret graphical models and life-history tables to analyze population trends.+ Show more

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• Understand how habitat fragmentation impacts plant and animal species.
• Identify different types of human alterations affecting ecosystems.
• Analyze the ecological consequences of habitat fragmentation.+ Show more

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• Explain how nephrons regulate fluid volume, electrolyte composition, and acid-base balance
• Describe the roles of ADH and aldosterone in controlling water and sodium/potassium handling
• Use renal clearance and feedback mechanisms (including the renin-angiotensin system) to predict physiological responses

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• Identify the main groups and periods in the periodic table.
• Explain how electron configurations relate to element properties.
• Describe patterns in metallic character, reactivity, and atomic size.+ Show more

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• Understand the role of criteria and constraints in engineering design.
• Identify qualitative and quantitative criteria used in solving real-world challenges.
• Explain how constraints restrict feasible solutions in project planning.+ Show more

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• Understand the nature of static and kinetic friction and their differences.
• Describe how friction depends on normal force and surface properties.
• Explain the role of coefficients of friction in modeling resistance.+ Show more

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• Understand the key biogeochemical cycles with emphasis on carbon and nitrogen pathways.
• Identify processes such as fixation, mineralization, and denitrification.
• Describe the pools and fluxes of nutrients across different environmental compartments.+ 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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• Understand the process of photon capture and energy transfer in light reactions of photosynthesis.
• Describe the electron transport chain components and their sequence.
• Explain the difference between cyclic and noncyclic electron flow and their roles in ATP and NADPH production.+ Show more

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• Explain how biological processes at molecular and cellular levels scale up to organismal physiology and ecosystem dynamics
• Model and interpret feedback loops and regulatory networks that produce homeostasis and emergent system behavior
• Evaluate the limits of reductionist models and justify multi-scale modeling to predict responses to perturbations+ Show more

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• Understand the basic concepts of natural selection
• Identify how environmental factors influence survival and reproduction
• Recognize different modes of selection: directional, stabilizing, and disruptive+ Show more

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• Understand the principle of superposition and how waves interfere
• Describe standing waves and the formation of nodes and antinodes
• Explain resonant frequencies and harmonic modes in stringed instruments or air columns+ Show more

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• Explain chemical reactions using conservation of mass and particle conservation ideas.
• Balance chemical equations and use stoichiometry to find limiting reagents and theoretical yield.
• Describe how reaction energetics and equilibrium relate to observable changes such as temperature and enthalpy.+ Show more

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• Describe the different types of plate boundaries and their associated geological processes.
• Analyze geologic evidence such as paleomagnetic data, earthquake distribution, and bathymetric maps to understand lithospheric motions.
• Explain mechanisms like seafloor spreading, subduction, transform faulting, and continental collision and how they relate to Earth's surface features.+ Show more

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• Describe the purpose of phylogenetic trees in understanding evolution.
• Identify key features of phylogenetic trees such as branches, nodes, and clades.
• Explain how molecular data contributes to constructing phylogenetic trees.+ Show more

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• Explain segregation and independent assortment as foundations of Mendelian inheritance.
• Use dominant/recessive relationships to predict phenotypes from given genotypes.
• Apply Punnett square logic to calculate probabilities for monohybrid and dihybrid crosses.+ Show more

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• Explain how radiometric dating uses parent and daughter isotopes and known half-lives to calculate absolute age.
• Compare different isotope systems (e.g., U–Pb in zircon and C-14 for recent organic matter) and the timescales they cover.
• Describe why closed-system behavior and closure temperature affect whether isotopic ages are reliable.

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• Understand the concept of pH and its significance in chemistry and environmental science.
• Interpret the pH scale and relate hydrogen ion concentration to acidity and alkalinity.
• Analyze regional phenomena such as acid deposition and their effects on aquatic systems.+ Show more

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• Understand the difference between strong and weak acids and bases in terms of ionization.
• Identify examples of strong and weak acids and bases.
• Explain how ionization affects hydrogen and hydroxide ion concentrations in solutions.+ Show more

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• Define and identify the three main saturation states: unsaturated, saturated, and supersaturated.
• Explain the conditions that lead to each saturation state in solutions.
• Describe natural and industrial examples of saturation, such as mineral deposits and seasonal crystallization.+ Show more

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• Understand the main stages of cellular respiration
• Explain how electrons transfer energy during respiration
• Describe the role of oxygen as the final electron acceptor+ Show more

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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.