Science Worksheets

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• Explain how inherited traits can become more common when they improve survival and reproduction.
• Describe how abiotic and biotic environmental pressures can influence adaptation.
• Predict how a population’s traits may change over multiple generations.

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• Explain how different species groups (trees, understory plants, fungi, animals) support ecosystem functions.
• Describe how keystone and indicator species can affect ecosystem stability and monitoring in Alberta.
• Use evidence from a food web and an ecosystem process to predict what might happen when a species role is lost.

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• Explain how claims, evidence, and reasoning are connected in a scientific argument.
• Identify what makes evidence relevant and how visuals (graphs, diagrams, models) support conclusions.
• Use audience-appropriate formats to communicate scientific ideas clearly and credibly.+ Show more

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• Identify the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere and describe basic properties of each.
• Explain how matter and energy move through sphere interactions using Alberta examples.
• Interpret how physical structure and processes create observable regional landscape and climate patterns.

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• Understand how human actions influence biodiversity and ecosystem stability.
• Identify specific land use, pollution, and invasive species impacts on ecological communities.
• Explain cause-and-effect relationships between disturbances and ecological outcomes.+ Show more

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• Explain how meiosis reduces chromosome number to produce haploid gametes
• Describe how crossing over and independent assortment increase genetic diversity
• Connect fertilization to restoration of diploid chromosome number and inheritance of allele combinations+ Show more

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• Understand how the circulatory system transports nutrients and gases.
• Identify the different organ systems involved in maintaining homeostasis.
• Explain the cooperation between the lungs, heart, and blood in gas exchange.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of work as the dot product of force and displacement.
• Learn to calculate work when force and displacement are in the same or different directions.
• Explore the methods for calculating work done by variable forces.+ Show more

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• Explain how reproductive isolation and geographic separation can lead to speciation.
• Describe how polyploidy and adaptive radiation can increase biodiversity.
• Use examples to connect diversification rates and biogeographic patterns to environmental change.

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• Explain how predators and prey depend on each other within an ecosystem.
• Identify how changes in prey numbers can affect predator survival.
• Describe how prey need habitat and plant life for food and shelter.

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• Explain how the urban heat island forms due to surface materials, vegetation loss, and human heat sources.
• Describe how impervious surfaces, reduced evapotranspiration, and building geometry influence local temperature and air movement.
• Evaluate mitigation strategies such as urban greenery, cool pavements, and strategic shading and predict their likely effects.

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• Understand principles of water conservation
• Identify various water management techniques
• Analyze the importance of individual and community actions in water sustainability

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• Understand the mechanisms of enzyme kinetics, allosteric modulation, feedback inhibition, and hormonal regulation in metabolism.
• Analyze how pathway control maintains metabolic homeostasis under internal and external perturbations.
• Distinguish regulation at transcriptional, translational, and post-translational levels and link these to physiological outcomes.

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• Identify different structural traits of marine animals
• Understand how body parts help animals survive in aquatic environments
• Analyze the relationship between anatomical features and habitat

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• Identify independent and dependent variables in a fair comparison investigation.
• Explain how controlling conditions reduces alternative explanations.
• Use measurement and recording choices to support trustworthy conclusions.+ Show more

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• Explain how functional requirements and constraints guide the steps of the design process.
• Use performance objectives (load capacity, stiffness, serviceability) to compare and select design options.
• Describe how decision matrices, sketches, and trade-off analysis support choosing a preferred solution.

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• Explain how surface pressure changes across a wing chord relate to lift and pitching moments
• Identify the stagnation point and suction peak on a pressure map and describe what they mean
• Describe how camber and angle of attack shift pressure minima and alter pressure coefficient patterns+ Show more

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• Explain how heating increases particle kinetic energy and spacing, causing thermal expansion in solids and liquids.
• Describe how cooling decreases particle motion and can lead to contraction.
• Predict how temperature changes can affect gas pressure in confined spaces.

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• Explain how precise observations use specific details, numbers, and consistent descriptions.
• Identify differences between vague and precise observations in everyday science scenarios.
• Use tools and repeated measurements to improve the accuracy and usefulness of observations.

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• Understand the concept of primary production in ecosystems.
• Identify the roles of producers such as plants and algae.
• Explain how energy flows from primary producers to other organisms.+ Show more

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• Identify key properties of series circuits, including a single path for current.
• Explain why current stays the same through series elements.
• Describe how total voltage divides across series components and how this affects bulb brightness.+ Show more

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• Explain how receptor proteins detect signaling molecules and start intracellular responses in cells.
• Compare chemical signaling with electrical signaling in how they coordinate activities.
• Describe how direct cell-to-cell connections like gap junctions and plasmodesmata help signals spread quickly.+ Show more

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• Identify key structural differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
• Describe the functions of various cell components
• Understand how cell structure relates to biological roles and evolution

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• Identify components of ecological systems and their interactions
• Explain population dynamics and community interactions
• Discuss biogeochemical cycling and energy flow in ecosystems+ Show more

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• Understand Newton's third law and how forces act in pairs during interactions.
• Identify examples of action-reaction force pairs in real-world situations.
• Explain why objects respond differently despite experiencing equal and opposite forces.+ Show more

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• Understand the three main states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas
• Describe the particle arrangement and motion in each state
• Identify the macroscopic traits such as shape and compressibility of solids, liquids, and gases+ Show more

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• Identify components of ecosystems, including biotic and abiotic elements.
• Describe the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in ecosystems.
• Understand the flow of energy from sunlight through food chains.+ Show more

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• Explain how physical and computational models can generate quantitative data for comparing design solutions.
• Identify key measurement practices that improve repeatability and support fair comparisons.
• Describe common sources of model limitations and measurement uncertainty.

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• Understand the concept of power as energy transfer per unit time.
• Learn how efficiency measures the useful output versus input in electrical devices.
• Identify common causes of energy loss in electrical systems.+ Show more

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• Map and analyze spatial patterns of mineral, water, and energy resources using geologic maps and surveys.
• Distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable reservoirs and assess their sustainability.
• Link resource occurrence to tectonic settings and sedimentary processes.+ Show more

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• Understand the strategies used in designing engineering solutions.
• Learn how to decompose complex problems into manageable parts.
• Explore principles of optimization in engineering design.+ Show more

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• Explain how heating affects the particle spacing in solids, liquids, and gases.
• Describe the process of thermal expansion and contraction in different materials.
• Understand how temperature changes influence pressure in gases within confined spaces.+ Show more

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• Explain how functional requirements and constraints guide design choices.
• Use performance objectives (such as load capacity and stiffness) to compare solution options.
• Apply decision matrices and sketching to select preferred designs using criteria and trade-offs.

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• Explain how DNA, RNA, and protein sequence data are used to infer evolutionary relationships.
• Describe how sequence alignment and molecular-evolution models support phylogenetic analysis.
• Use the idea of a molecular clock to connect genetic divergence to divergence times.

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• Explain how photosynthesis converts light energy into chemical energy stored in glucose and other carbohydrates.
• Describe cellular respiration as a stepwise process that releases usable energy from glucose and transfers it to ATP.
• Compare the inputs, outputs, and overall purpose of photosynthesis and respiration in living systems.+ Show more

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• Analyze the interactions between geologic resources, extraction processes, and societal demands.
• Understand ore deposit models, aquifer properties, and basin maturation processes.
• Evaluate trade-offs among resource availability, environmental impacts, and technological adaptation.+ Show more

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• Explain how adaptations are inherited traits that can improve survival or reproduction in a specific environment.
• Identify different types of evidence for adaptation, including population trait differences and fossil records.
• Connect environmental change to shifts in traits using the idea of natural selection.

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• Understand the basic structure of nucleic acids, including DNA and RNA
• Identify components such as nucleotides and their parts
• Explain base pairing rules and their significance in genetic fidelity+ Show more

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• Explain how lipid bilayer organization affects membrane permeability and diffusion
• Compare passive and active transport mechanisms and their dependence on gradients and energy
• Use electrochemical potentials and quantitative relationships to predict ion movement and membrane potential

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• Explain how water vapor forms clouds through cooling and condensation
• Describe how precipitation forms when cloud droplets or ice crystals become heavy enough to fall
• Classify precipitation types based on temperature and conditions+ Show more

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• Explain Bernoulli’s principle using the relationship between fluid speed and pressure in streamlined, incompressible flow.
• Use the continuity idea and Bernoulli’s equation qualitatively to predict how pressure changes as flow speed changes.
• Apply Bernoulli’s principle to real situations such as Venturi tubes and airplane wing lift.+ Show more

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• Understand the differences between weather and climate.
• Identify key variables that influence weather and climate.
• Explain how climate is determined by long-term patterns, despite daily weather variability.

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• Explain speciation as the splitting of one ancestral population into distinct species.
• Compare allopatric and sympatric speciation and identify how gene flow changes in each.
• Distinguish prezygotic and postzygotic reproductive barriers and give examples of each.

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• Explain how major organelles in eukaryotic cells are structured for specific functions.
• Connect membrane folding and compartmentalization to rates of metabolism and efficient exchange.
• Describe how the nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, mitochondria, ribosomes, and cytoskeleton work together.

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• Understand how DNA sequences contain patterns that relate to genetic relatedness among organisms.
• Identify common molecular markers used to trace evolutionary lineages.
• Explain the concept of molecular clocks and how they estimate divergence times.+ Show more

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• Explain the first and second laws of thermodynamics and their application to chemical systems.
• Calculate and interpret changes in internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, and Gibbs free energy.
• Predict spontaneity and equilibrium shifts in thermodynamic reactions based on free energy and equilibrium constants.+ Show more

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• Explain how friction opposes motion between two surfaces and affects sliding distance
• Describe how different surface textures change the amount of friction
• Connect friction and air resistance to real-world examples of slowing and heating+ Show more

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• Explain how computational models use assumptions, variables, and parameters to predict system behavior.
• Use algebraic performance objective functions to compare design scenarios and justify parameter choices.
• Describe and interpret results from sensitivity analysis to understand how outputs change with inputs.