Grade 7 Worksheets

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• Explain biodiversity as genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity
• Describe how richness, evenness, and habitat heterogeneity help measure biodiversity
• Interpret what biodiversity metrics can reveal about ecosystem resilience and ecosystem function+ Show more

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• Identify how voice and tone shift to match genre, audience, and purpose
• Distinguish expressive, objective, and persuasive tone in writing
• Revise sentences by improving word choice and sentence rhythm to better support meaning

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• Explain how the solar system formed from smaller materials and how that relates to planet properties.
• Compare terrestrial and gas/ice giant planets using evidence such as composition, atmospheres, and geology.
• Describe how orbital relationships and planetary tilt/eccentricity affect motion, seasons, and observed phases/eclipses.

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• Explain how conservation of mass is used to create mass budgets in closed or near-closed systems
• Connect conservation of mass to reaction stoichiometry and balanced chemical equations
• Use environmental mass balances to interpret measured versus expected masses in real situations

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• Identify biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem and explain how each affects living things
• Describe trophic categories (producers, consumers, decomposers) and their roles in energy and matter flow
• Use examples from ponds and forests to explain simple food chains and how nutrients are recycled

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• Understand that mass remains constant in closed systems during physical and chemical changes.
• Identify and explain examples of mass conservation in chemical reactions.
• Interpret data from sealed-container reactions to observe mass changes or the lack thereof.+ Show more

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• Compare elements and compounds using atomic composition, chemical formulas, and bonding
• Explain how chemical combination changes observable properties such as melting point and conductivity
• Identify substances as elements or compounds based on particle type and fixed ratios

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• Identify signs of chemical reactions such as gas production, heat exchange, and color change.
• Observe and describe the formation of gases during chemical reactions.
• Connect observable indicators to the underlying particle interactions and reaction pathways.

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• Explain how igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks transform through the rock cycle.
• Describe key energy-driven processes (melting, crystallization, burial, metamorphism, and weathering).
• Trace a material pathway using examples from subduction zones and mid-ocean ridges.

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• Understand the concepts of heat and temperature and how they differ.
• Learn about units of measurement for heat and temperature.
• Explore how calorimetry measures energy exchange during thermal processes.+ Show more

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• Explain how heritable variation and environmental pressures can change trait frequencies in a population over generations
• Describe how differential survival and reproduction lead to adaptation
• Use examples such as antibiotic resistance or island finch beak size to connect traits, selection, and evolution

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• Understand the principle of action-reaction forces and how they occur in interactions.
• Identify examples of action-reaction pairs in everyday situations.
• Explain how force pairs are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.+ Show more

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• Explain what adaptations are and how they help organisms survive or reproduce in specific environments.
• Identify evidence for adaptation using comparisons among populations, fossil records, and observed responses to environmental change.
• Use an example (peppered moth coloration) to describe how selection can favor traits that match local conditions.

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• Explain how organisms function as interacting systems made of internal structures with specific roles
• Describe how structures help process inputs such as food, oxygen, and water into forms the organism can use
• Use evidence to connect structure and function in body systems (digestive, respiratory, and excretory)

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• Evaluate how media choices (wording, images, and selected details) affect meaning and audience interpretation.
• Distinguish between literal messages and underlying messages, including identifying possible bias or missing information.
• Assess credibility by examining sources, evidence, and context within a media message.

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• Explain how optimization metrics and constraints help guide scientific design choices
• Identify tradeoffs when improving one performance measure may worsen another
• Apply metric-based reasoning to decide which option best meets an overall goal

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• Describe how competition, predation, mutualism, and parasitism influence ecological niches and species survival.
• Explain how niche partitioning reduces competition and helps species coexist in the same habitat.
• Identify the role of keystone species in shaping community composition and stability.+ Show more

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• Identify credible sources by checking authority, evidence, and transparency.
• Explain how a source’s authorship and publication context affect trustworthiness.
• Evaluate whether a source’s reasoning matches the evidence and whether it is current for the topic.

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• Explain how kindness and allyship help build inclusive school and community environments
• Identify actions that promote equality and respond to discrimination appropriately
• Use evidence from a text to support decisions about inclusive behavior

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• Identify how simple, compound, complex, and expanded sentences can shift emphasis and clarity.
• Revise sentences to improve meaning by varying openings, length, and coordination/subordination.
• Use coordinating and subordinating structures to control relationships such as cause, contrast, and condition.

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• Explain how forces (pushes and pulls) can change an object’s motion.
• Differentiate balanced forces from unbalanced forces using the concept of net force.
• Use evidence from real-life examples to predict changes in speed or direction.+ Show more

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• Identify observable evidence that a chemical change has occurred (color change, gas production, precipitate formation, temperature/energy change, odor change).
• Explain chemical change at the particle level as bond breaking and bond forming, not just particle rearrangement.
• Use evidence from real-world examples (rusting iron, combustion of natural gas) to support claims about chemical vs. physical changes.

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• Use specific verbs and nouns to replace vague words like “things” and “stuff.”
• Choose qualifiers that accurately match the intended meaning and tone.
• Explain how connotation affects readers’ emotional responses and persuasive impact.

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• Understand the importance of controlling variables in scientific experiments
• Identify different types of variables and methods to manage them
• Explain the concepts of control groups, replication, and randomization in experiments+ Show more

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• Identify how headings, subheadings, captions, footnotes, diagrams, and tables contribute to meaning in a text
• Explain how different text features clarify structure, emphasis, and relationships among ideas
• Integrate information from text features with surrounding paragraphs to avoid treating visuals as separate

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• Understand how to interpret results from tests and models to evaluate design solutions.
• Identify criteria and tradeoffs involved in assessing the performance of design options.
• Learn to compare different solutions based on evidence related to their effectiveness and potential failures.+ Show more

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• Identify when two algebraic expressions are equivalent by rewriting them using distributive property and combining like terms
• Expand expressions with brackets (e.g., a(b+c)) to show equivalent forms clearly
• Explain how the structure of an expression shows what each coefficient contributes+ Show more

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• Explain how fossils form and what conditions help preserve remains, traces, or imprints
• Use fossil assemblages to infer past environments such as water, climate shifts, and ecological change
• Interpret how fossil evidence supports connections between sediment layers and broader Earth history

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• Explain how friction opposes relative motion between surfaces.
• Compare static friction and kinetic friction using real examples.
• Identify how surface texture and normal force affect frictional force.+ Show more

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• Explain how centralized governments and bureaucracy helped the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties maintain stability
• Describe strategies imperial rulers used to integrate regional administrations into a cohesive empire
• Compare how different dynasties expanded authority while managing diverse populations and local needs

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• Identify various sources of pollution relevant to Alberta ecosystems.
• Understand how pollutants enter and impact terrestrial and aquatic environments.
• Recognize pathways of exposure and associated ecological consequences.

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• Identify central ideas in an informational text by noticing recurring claims or themes.
• Use evidence from multiple paragraphs to explain how details build or refine an idea over time.
• Distinguish central ideas from supporting details (examples, definitions, and data).

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• Explain how technological advances can trigger social change in communities.
• Identify environmental challenges and describe their effects on culture and community structure.
• Analyze how policy reforms influence social practices and norms over time.+ Show more

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• Identify when a speaker is uncertain and use clarification questions to improve accuracy in a conversation.
• Restate a speaker’s idea in a new way to confirm understanding.
• Verify details of instructions, claims, or sequences when meaning is unclear.+ Show more

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• Explain how species richness and evenness describe biodiversity in a habitat.
• Interpret common biodiversity index values and compare diversity across habitats.
• Describe how habitat heterogeneity and niche diversity can increase species turnover.+ Show more

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• Understand how to interpret linear relations represented in tabular form.
• Calculate the rate of change (slope) from data in tables.
• Identify the x-intercept and y-intercept from data tables.+ Show more

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• Use transition words and phrases to strengthen logical connections between sentences and paragraphs.
• Revise writing for coherence by matching transition choices to the relationship between ideas (time, cause-effect, contrast, example).
• Ensure pronouns and nouns clearly refer to the correct person, place, thing, or idea.

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• Identify producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem.
• Understand how energy flows through food webs.
• Recognize the role of matter cycling in ecosystems.+ Show more

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• Explain conservation of energy using the idea of energy transfer between a system and its surroundings
• Identify how energy transformations explain changes in temperature and motion
• Use energy forms (kinetic, potential, thermal) to describe real-world examples such as friction

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

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• Understand the stages of the water cycle
• Explain how water moves within the environment
• Identify the processes involved in water cycling such as evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection+ Show more

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• Explain how magnitude and direction of forces combine to produce a net force.
• Predict how balanced and unbalanced forces change an object’s motion (speed and/or direction).
• Use everyday examples (pushing a cart, stopping a moving object) to describe net force effects.

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• Explain how evolutionary change occurs at the population level over many generations.
• Distinguish between heritable variation in genes and changes in individual organisms during their lifetimes.
• Describe how allele frequencies can shift in response to environmental pressures.

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• Explain how synthesis goes beyond summary by connecting multiple sources to support a line of reasoning.
• Distinguish facts, interpretations, and author claims when evaluating evidence in texts.
• Use quotes and paraphrases effectively and explain how each source contributes to a claim.+ Show more

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• Explain how free-body diagrams represent forces acting on an object using properly labeled arrows.
• Determine the net force magnitude and direction by combining perpendicular (and parallel) force components.
• Use conventions for inclined surfaces to correctly decompose gravity into parallel and perpendicular components.

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• Use consistent verb tense across sentences when describing events, explanations, and story moments.
• Choose the correct verb forms (simple, perfect, and progressive) to show completed and ongoing actions.
• Maintain correct mood and agreement and use voice consistency when rewriting text for clarity.

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• Explain how insulation reduces heat transfer between a warm and a cool environment
• Describe how material properties and construction details affect thermal resistance and comfort
• Use R-values and ideas about thermal bridges to make energy-efficiency decisions+ Show more

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• Explore diverse cultural traditions and symbols associated with Easter worldwide.
• Understand the social and emotional significance of community gatherings and rituals during Easter.
• Reflect on how different societies observe Easter with unique customs and religious practices.+ Show more