Grade 7 Worksheets

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• Explain how land and resource exploitation between 1713 and 1850 affected ecological systems and people’s livelihoods
• Describe cause-and-effect relationships among agricultural expansion, fur-trade pressures, and deforestation
• Analyze continuity and change in land stewardship practices between Indigenous communities and settler societies+ Show more

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• Understand the process of convection and how it transfers heat through fluids.
• Identify examples of natural and forced convection in real-world scenarios.
• Explain the role of buoyancy forces, boundary layers, and flow patterns in convection.+ Show more

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• Understand how material properties, transfer modes, and conservation principles combine in energy systems.
• Analyze energy budgets involving conduction, convection, radiation, storage, and conversion losses.
• Interpret and compare metrics such as net heat gain, fuel energy requirements, and temperature responses.+ Show more

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• Identify major environmental risks (pollution, habitat loss, and climate-driven changes) and explain how they affect ecosystems and people.
• Analyze causes and consequences of resource use and settlement patterns in shaping environmental risk.
• Explain how continuity and change in environmental pressures influence resilience and long-term sustainability.

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• Explain how empire policies, land grants, and migration streams shaped settlement patterns from 1713 to 1850
• Analyze how land distribution influenced social organization and agricultural development
• Describe causes and consequences of settlement, including Indigenous displacement and changing relationships among groups+ Show more

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• Explain how Métis communities emerged from commerce and kinship connections across the fur trade frontier
• Analyze how westward trade expansion affected Métis identity formation and community life
• Describe continuity and change in Métis social customs and governance during the fur trade era+ Show more

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• Explain how global connections form through trade, communication, and cultural exchange
• Describe how geographic factors influence trade routes and settlement patterns
• Analyze continuity and change in global links over time+ Show more

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• Understand traditional and Indigenous methods of resource management.
• Compare modern practices with traditional approaches.
• Explain how sustainable resource stewardship contributes to community resilience.+ Show more

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• Analyze how media sources present Indigenous and diverse community issues.
• Evaluate source bias and recognize stereotypes in media portrayals.
• Compare different media formats and understand their influence on public perception.+ Show more

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• Explain how agricultural regions, supply chains, and market demand connect in a food system
• Analyze causes and consequences of agricultural intensification and trade on economic and cultural security
• Evaluate how soil, climate, labour, and technology shape cropping patterns and food sovereignty+ Show more

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• Understand Indigenous worldviews on land and sovereignty.
• Contrast Indigenous and Western concepts of land governance.
• Analyze case studies involving land rights and reclamation.+ Show more

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• Understand the key factors that influence the solubility of substances.
• Explain how temperature, pressure, and surface area impact the dissolving process.
• Identify real-life examples of solubility variation under different conditions.+ Show more

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• Explain how conflicts and rebellions between 1713 and 1850 influenced constitutional debates and government policies.
• Analyze cause-and-effect relationships between military crises and changes in civil liberties and settlement security.
• Describe continuity and change in political alignments, including the roles of reformers, conservative elites, Indigenous allies, and imperial responses.

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• Explain how seigneurial landholding and French legal traditions influenced daily life in Lower Canada
• Analyze causes and consequences of legislative tensions between francophone communities and British authorities
• Describe continuity and change in language and legal practices from 1713 to 1850+ Show more

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• Describe migration trends from Europe, the United States, and within Indigenous territories between 1713 and 1850.
• Explain how economic push and pull factors influenced mobility and settlement patterns.
• Identify continuity and change in settlement rhythms and land use over time.+ Show more

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• Explain how synthesis maps combine multiple data layers to reveal spatial relationships and patterns.
• Analyze how map scale, projection, and classification choices can influence conclusions.
• Interpret evidence about continuity and change across temporal layers using synthesis map ideas.+ Show more

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• Understand the various measures used to assess biodiversity, including richness, evenness, and habitat heterogeneity.
• Interpret what different biodiversity metrics reveal about ecosystem resilience and health.
• Evaluate the relationship between habitat complexity and species assemblages in Alberta contexts.+ Show more

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• Understand how sunlight, soil, water, temperature, and topography influence ecosystems.
• Identify cause-and-effect relationships between non-living elements and living organisms.
• Describe characteristic community patterns across different Alberta landscapes.+ Show more

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• Understand the criteria used to assess the conservation status of species.
• Interpret evidence related to population trends, threats, and recovery potential.
• Identify factors such as land use, genetic diversity, and connectivity that influence species vulnerability.+ Show more

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• Understand the systematic approaches used in ecological inquiry.
• Recognize the importance of hypotheses and measurable variables in ecology.
• Analyze local examples such as riparian health of the Bow River to interpret ecological relationships.+ Show more

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• Understand the components of food webs including producers, consumers, and decomposers.
• Explain the direction of energy flow in food webs and how species interactions affect ecosystem stability.
• Identify regional examples of food web relationships in Alberta wetlands and river systems.+ Show more

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• Understand the different levels of ecological organization from individuals to ecosystems.
• Identify examples of each ecological level using Alberta-specific examples.
• Explain how patterns emerge at higher levels of organization that are not evident in individual traits or behaviors.+ Show more

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• Understand the main factors influencing population size and distribution.
• Identify how environmental and human activities affect regional biodiversity.
• Analyze the impact of resource availability, climate, and land use on populations.+ Show more

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• Understand the different types of symbiosis and their defining features.
• Identify examples of mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism in Alberta ecosystems.
• Explain the ecological and evolutionary consequences of symbiotic relationships on populations and resource distribution.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of equilibrium and static balance in structures.
• Identify different types of forces acting on objects and their graphical representations.
• Explain how balanced force pairs contribute to safety and durability in infrastructure.+ Show more

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• Understand the concepts of kinetic and potential energy and their interconversion.
• Recognize how elevation, mass, and speed affect mechanical energy in systems.
• Apply energy conservation principles to real-world scenarios like transportation and industrial processes.+ Show more

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• Understand different types of contact and non-contact forces such as friction and gravity.
• Explain how net force influences an object's acceleration.
• Apply qualitative reasoning to regional examples of forces affecting motion.+ Show more

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• Understand the concepts of static and kinetic friction and their effects on motion.
• Identify examples of friction and drag in everyday scenarios.
• Explain how surface texture and normal force influence frictional force.+ Show more

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• Understand how to create and interpret distance–time and speed–time graphs.
• Learn the significance of slope and area under curves in motion graphs.
• Develop skills to extract average and instantaneous rates from graphs using examples like downhill runs.+ Show more

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• Understand how inclined planes reduce the effort needed to lift loads by changing force components.
• Identify the parts of force parallel and perpendicular to an inclined plane.
• Calculate mechanical advantage of inclined planes using input force and load.+ Show more

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• Analyze integrated systems by synthesizing mechanical data, structural assessments, and material choices.
• Evaluate design alternatives based on criteria such as safety, efficiency, and regional applicability.
• Apply quantitative motion analysis and structural calculations to compare different engineering solutions.+ Show more

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• Understand the principles of levers and pulley systems and how they provide mechanical advantage.
• Be able to calculate torque, effort, and load relationships in lever and pulley systems.
• Relate geometric arrangements to force multiplication in real-world examples like farm jacks and wheelbarrows.+ Show more

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• Understand the purpose and drawing conventions of free-body diagrams.
• Identify the components of forces acting on objects on inclined surfaces.
• Apply vector addition to determine net force and acceleration.+ Show more

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• Identify different types of simple machines and their functions.
• Understand how simple machines provide mechanical advantage.
• Calculate mechanical advantage for various simple machines.+ Show more

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• Understand the functions of supports, foundations, and load paths in structures.
• Identify how compression, tension, and shear forces act on beams, columns, and foundations.
• Recognize material properties such as stiffness, strength, and durability relevant to structural safety.+ Show more

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• Understand the physical and chemical methods used in separating components of bitumen from oil sands.
• Identify the differences between physical separation techniques and chemical treatments in processing mixtures.
• Recognize how process variables such as density, particle size, additives, and temperature affect separation outcomes.+ Show more

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• Identify observable signs of chemical changes such as colour change, gas evolution, and precipitate formation.
• Explain the particle-level interpretation of chemical bonds during chemical reactions.
• Recognize regional examples of chemical change such as oxidation and combustion.+ Show more

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• Understand the principles of mass conservation in physical and chemical systems.
• Identify real-world applications of mass balancing in environmental and industrial processes.
• Analyze examples of closed systems such as reactors, emissions containment, and corrosion tests.+ Show more

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• Understand the basic principles of the particle model of matter.
• Explain how particle arrangement and motion influence states of matter.
• Describe phenomena like diffusion, evaporation, and condensation using the particle model.+ Show more

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• Identify observable indicators of chemical reactions such as gas production, heat exchange, colour changes, and precipitate formation.
• Understand how these observations provide qualitative evidence for different reaction pathways.
• Connect descriptive patterns in observations to underlying particle interactions and reaction processes.+ Show more

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• Understand the definition of saturation and supersaturation in solutions.
• Identify conditions leading to saturation and crystallization.
• Recognize regional examples of saturation phenomena.+ Show more

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• Understand the principles of calorimetry and energy transfer measurements.
• Apply calorimetric reasoning to real-world thermal scenarios.
• Interpret energy conservation equations related to heat transfer and temperature change.+ Show more

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• Understand the process of heat conduction and how it transfers energy in solids.
• Identify materials with high and low thermal conductivity.
• Explain how contact resistance and material properties influence temperature distribution.+ Show more

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• Understand the different forms of energy and how they interconvert through energy transformations.
• Explain the principle of energy conservation in various systems.
• Identify real-world examples of energy transformations, such as hydroelectric, wind, and natural gas systems.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of specific heat capacity and its units of measurement.
• Apply formulas to calculate the energy required to change the temperature of a substance.
• Interpret tabular data and perform unit conversions involving Joules, kilojoules, grams, and degrees Celsius.+ Show more

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• Understand how material properties influence heat transfer in building insulation.
• Identify examples of insulation techniques used in Alberta's climate.
• Evaluate the impact of R-values and thermal bridges on energy efficiency.+ Show more

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• Understand how microscopic particle motion relates to temperature and thermal energy.
• Explain how particle speed distributions differ with temperature variations in Alberta's air masses.
• Describe the connection between particle motion and macroscopic heat transfer processes.

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• Understand how to express thermal processes through numerical representations of energy transfer.
• Calculate energy transfer using specific heat, mass, and temperature change in Joules and kilojoules.
• Recognize practical examples of heat transfer, such as heating water, melting snow, and warming air in greenhouses.+ Show more