Grade 7 Science Worksheets

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• Explain how fossils form and what conditions help preserve remains, traces, and imprints
• Use fossil assemblages to infer past environments and relate rock layers to Earth’s history
• Differentiate among body fossils, trace fossils, and imprints and describe what each can reveal

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• Explain how latitude affects the angle of incoming sunlight and regional heating patterns.
• Describe how elevation, distance from water, and ocean currents influence temperature and precipitation.
• Use climate drivers to justify differences between deserts, rain forests, and seasonal weather patterns.

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• Describe how light penetration, temperature, and oxygen change with depth in lakes and ponds.
• Explain how abiotic gradients shape vertical zonation and community composition.
• Compare how seasonal thermal turnover affects nutrient mixing, dissolved oxygen, and habitat suitability.

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• Explain how water, storms, and Earth forces can change the surface of land over time
• Describe the roles of erosion and deposition in shaping local landforms
• Compare rapid changes (storms, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions) with slower landscape change

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• Identify key factors affecting the durability of materials over time.
• Explain the mechanisms of corrosion, rot, freeze–thaw cycling, and UV degradation.
• Analyze protective measures such as coatings, cathodic protection, and concrete cover.+ Show more

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• Interpret patterns and relationships in scientific graphs such as scatter plots, histograms, and line graphs.
• Compare groups of data using summary measures like range and averages, and explain what those measures suggest.
• Evaluate claims by considering outliers, inconsistencies, and possible measurement uncertainty.

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• Define what constitutes a design problem by identifying clear criteria and constraints.
• Recognize real-world examples of specifying success measures and limitations.
• Translate societal and environmental needs into measurable targets for project development.+ Show more

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• Understand human impacts on ecosystems, including habitat alteration, pollution, resource extraction, and species introduction.
• Analyze the consequences of human activities on biodiversity and ecosystem functions.
• Identify principles of stewardship such as mitigation, habitat protection, restoration, and monitoring.+ Show more

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• Understand how temperature affects plant and animal survival
• Identify the effects of temperature variations on ecosystems
• Analyze the interactions between abiotic and biotic factors+ Show more

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• Explain the concepts of static and kinetic friction and how surface texture affects them.
• Describe how aerodynamic drag influences motion in vehicles and outdoor equipment.
• Relate the relationship between normal force, surface texture, and frictional coefficient.+ Show more

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• Understand how to read and interpret line graphs
• Identify patterns and trends in scientific data
• Evaluate the significance of outliers and measurement uncertainty+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of load paths in buildings and bridges
• Identify primary vs. secondary load transfer routes
• Learn how openings, corners, and irregular geometries affect load redistribution+ Show more

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• Describe the six types of simple machines and their functions.
• Explain how mechanical advantage is calculated and its importance in using simple machines.
• Identify examples of simple machines used in Alberta's farms and loading equipment.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of variables in experiments
• Identify independent, dependent, and controlled variables
• Learn how to establish operational definitions+ Show more

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• Identify common digital data formats and organize sensor data for analysis
• Use spreadsheet ideas to clean simple datasets and prepare them for comparison
• Explain how timestamps, sampling rates, and metadata support data integrity and reproducibility

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• Describe the principle of conservation of mass in physical and chemical changes.
• Explain how mass remains constant in closed systems during reactions.
• Identify real-world observations that demonstrate mass conservation in sealed containers.+ Show more

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• Understand the principles of calorimetry and how temperature changes relate to energy transfer.
• Apply calorimetric reasoning to real-world thermal scenarios such as combustion and melting.
• Use energy conservation equations to connect observed temperature changes with energy in Joules.+ Show more

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• Explain what abiotic drivers are and identify examples such as temperature, light, soil, moisture, and pH.
• Describe how abiotic factors influence the types of communities and microhabitats within different environments.
• Analyze the relationship between environmental gradients and species tolerance ranges.+ Show more

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• Understand the basic principles of inertia and Newton's First Law
• Identify how force affects motion in everyday objects
• Recognize action–reaction pairs and their effects+ Show more

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• Explain how the rock cycle preserves evidence of Earth’s past surface changes in rocks and fossils.
• Use sedimentary stratigraphy, index fossils, and radiometric decay to determine relative and absolute ages.
• Interpret depositional environments, climates, and tectonic settings from rock and fossil assemblages.

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• Identify observable indicators that show a chemical reaction has occurred, such as gas production, precipitate formation, color change, and temperature change.
• Explain why mass measurements in sealed systems support the conservation of mass during chemical reactions.
• Distinguish chemical changes from physical changes by linking evidence to changes in composition and reversibility.

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• Distinguish elements from compounds using atomic composition and chemical formulas.
• Explain how bonding and fixed atomic ratios affect macroscopic properties such as conductivity and melting point.
• Use particle-level reasoning to classify matter and predict outcomes of chemical combination.

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• Distinguish between elements and compounds based on atomic composition and properties.
• Understand how chemical bonding affects the characteristics of substances.
• Identify examples of elements and compounds and describe their features.+ Show more

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• Describe major human-induced alterations to ecosystems such as habitat fragmentation, pollution, and invasive species.
• Explain the effects of human activities on biodiversity, trophic structures, and ecosystem services.
• Identify approaches for mitigating and restoring ecosystems affected by human impacts.+ Show more

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• Explain the particle model of matter using the ideas of tiny particles and constant motion
• Relate temperature to average particle motion and predict how changes in temperature affect observable behavior
• Connect macroscopic properties such as pressure and diffusion to particle collisions and spacing

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• Identify and describe different components of a food web, including producers, consumers, and decomposers.
• Understand how interconnected feeding relationships form a food web.
• Explain the importance of network structure in ecosystem resilience.

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• Understand the different measurable properties used to classify substances, such as density, solubility, hardness, electrical conductivity, magnetism, and flammability.
• Identify how physical and chemical properties help differentiate elements, compounds, and mixtures based on observable and quantitative criteria.
• Recognize practical classification techniques using property sets, including conductivity, solubility differences, and magnetic separation.

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• Explain how conduction, convection, and radiation transfer energy in everyday situations
• Compare energy transfer mechanisms and identify how energy can change from one form to another
• Use evidence from real-world examples to justify which transfer mechanism is occurring

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• Understand the steps involved in the design process
• Identify functional requirements and constraints for design
• Learn how to generate and evaluate different concept options+ Show more

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• Explain how different representations such as chemical equations, graphs, and tables convey matter interactions.
• Interpret scientific graphs, such as reaction rate graphs and phase diagrams.
• Identify appropriate representations for comparing quantitative data in scientific contexts.+ Show more

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• Define carrying capacity and explain its significance in ecology.
• Identify limiting factors that influence population sizes.
• Analyze how resource availability affects populations over time.

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• Explain how structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations help organisms survive and perform life processes.
• Match adaptations to their functions, such as protection, exchange, and water regulation.
• Describe trade-offs and how improving one ability can limit another.

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• Explain how transport processes and cellular structures help maintain homeostasis in the body.
• Describe how hormones and transport proteins regulate nutrient levels, ions, and water balance.
• Connect disruptions at the cellular or tissue level to changes in whole-organism stability.

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• Understand how physical and biological disturbances impact population sizes and community composition.
• Identify mechanisms like resilience, resistance, and succession that influence ecosystem recovery.
• Interpret empirical observations and longitudinal data to attribute ecosystem changes to specific disturbances.+ Show more

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• Understand the basic properties of gases
• Learn how pressure, volume, and temperature interrelate in gases
• Describe phenomena such as diffusion and compressibility in gases+ Show more

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• Describe the processes involved in the water cycle, including evaporation, condensation, precipitation, infiltration, runoff, and groundwater flow.
• Explain how solar energy and gravity drive water movement among Earth's spheres.
• Identify interactions such as river discharge to oceans, groundwater contributions to springs, and seasonal changes in snowpack.+ Show more

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• Define and distinguish between distance, time, and speed in the context of motion.
• Calculate average speed using distance and time data.
• Understand common sources of measurement error in motion experiments.+ Show more

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• Analyze the concepts of sensor response time, spatial placement, and shielding in temperature measurement accuracy.
• Evaluate the differences between thermocouples, resistance temperature detectors, and infrared sensors.
• Understand the role of uncertainty budgets, resolution limits, and error sources in calibration.+ Show more

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• Understand the definition of saturation and supersaturation in solutions.
• Identify real-world examples of saturation and supersaturation.
• Explain the conditions that lead to phase changes between dissolved and solid states.+ Show more

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• Define solution concentration and recognize common measurement units.
• Identify how concentration affects physical properties of solutions.
• Understand real-world examples of solution concentration in environmental and municipal contexts.

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• Understand passive solar design strategies
• Identify components that improve thermal performance
• Analyze how design choices affect energy efficiency

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• Understand how building orientation influences energy efficiency
• Identify passive solar gain strategies
• Recognize the importance of thermal barriers and ventilation systems+ Show more

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• Select appropriate graph types to represent quantitative and categorical data and justify the choice.
• Interpret graphs by reading axis labels, using proper scaling, and identifying patterns such as trends and outliers.
• Compute and compare summary statistics (mean and median) to support evidence-based conclusions.+ Show more

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• Identify different types of energy: mechanical, chemical, electrical, and thermal.
• Understand how energy changes from one form to another during various processes.
• Recognize real-world examples of energy transformations, such as hydroelectric power, wind turbines, and natural gas combustion.+ Show more

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• Understand the basic concepts of faults and seismic activity
• Learn the different types of fault movement: normal, reverse, strike-slip
• Identify how faults influence earthquake characteristics and patterns+ Show more

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• Explain how thermal energy moves using models of conduction, convection, and radiation
• Use temperature differences to predict the direction of heat transfer
• Describe how energy transfer can change the temperature of materials over time+ Show more

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• Explain how infiltration and aquifers store groundwater within Earth’s subsurface.
• Describe how gravity and pressure differences influence groundwater movement and baseflow.
• Identify factors that control recharge and how pumping can change groundwater levels and quality.

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• Understand key concepts related to Science
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material