Science Worksheets

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• Explain how atoms rearrange during a chemical reaction to form new substances
• Describe how the properties of products depend on new atomic arrangements rather than just mixing
• Use particle and atomic models to predict what changes and what stays the same in chemical reactions

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• Explain how biotic and abiotic factors interact within an ecosystem
• Identify common abiotic factors (sunlight, temperature, water, soil, air) and how they affect where organisms live
• Describe the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem

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• Explain how friction and pressure differences contribute to drag.
• Differentiate parasitic drag from induced drag using examples.
• Describe how drag affects thrust needed for flight and overall energy demand.

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• Evaluate the strength of scientific claims based on evidence quality.
• Identify and analyze alternative hypotheses presented in scientific arguments.
• Assess internal consistency and reasoning processes within scientific explanations.+ Show more

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• Interpret graphs and summary statistics to distinguish variability from long-term climate change.
• Identify patterns in temperature, precipitation, and storm frequency over different time scales.
• Understand the relationships between ocean conditions and regional weather outcomes.+ Show more

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• Identify different types of weathering
• Describe physical, chemical, and biological weathering processes
• Understand how weathering influences landscape formation+ Show more

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

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• Explain why surface-area-to-volume ratio limits how large cells can be
• Describe how diffusion and transport depend on exchange surfaces
• Identify adaptations that increase exchange efficiency in cells and organisms+ Show more

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• Explain what tradeoffs are in design and why they happen when criteria improve while other limits worsen.
• Use criteria and constraints to compare multiple design options and identify acceptable and unacceptable tradeoffs.
• Represent tradeoffs clearly using simple mapping tools (tables, charts, or decision statements).

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• Identify the functions of common simple machines (lever, pulley, inclined plane, wheel and axle, wedge, screw).
• Explain how simple machines can change the direction and/or magnitude of an applied force.
• Describe qualitative mechanical advantage and trade-offs involving force, distance, and motion.+ Show more

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• Use balanced chemical equations and conservation of mass to relate reactants and products quantitatively.
• Convert between moles, mass, and particle counts using molar masses and Avogadro’s number.
• Determine the limiting reagent and predict theoretical yield from stoichiometric ratios.

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• Explain how different biodiversity management strategies (protected areas, restoration, corridors, and invasive species control) can affect ecosystem services.
• Evaluate trade-offs among ecological, economic, and social constraints when planning biodiversity solutions.
• Use evidence from case examples to predict likely outcomes for species persistence and ecosystem functions.

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• Explain how systems thinking views a solution as interacting parts with inputs, outputs, and pathways
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to predict how changing one component affects overall performance
• Identify feedback signals and pathways in a real-world design problem+ Show more

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• Explain how natural selection changes the frequency of traits in a population over generations.
• Distinguish individual survival traits from population-level adaptation outcomes.
• Use evidence and examples to describe selective pressures and differential reproductive success.

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• Understand the concept of biodiversity and its importance in ecosystems
• Identify different types of biodiversity: genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity
• Recognize how environmental changes can impact biodiversity+ Show more

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• Define constant acceleration and its effects on motion.
• Identify key variables involved in uniformly accelerated motion.
• Apply basic kinematic formulas to simple acceleration problems.+ Show more

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• Explain recoil and thrust using Newton’s third law (action–reaction force pairs).
• Identify the correct force pair and the opposite directions of forces in a two-object interaction.
• Relate equal-and-opposite forces to different accelerations using mass.

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• Explain why engineered systems require trade-off reasoning when improving one feature worsens another.
• Evaluate alternatives using cost, performance, and risk metrics, including long-term operating and maintenance effects.
• Use data and models to justify decisions under uncertainty and regulatory constraints.

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• Explain how stratigraphy, radiometric ages, paleomagnetism, structural relationships, and fossils work together in integrated reconstruction.
• Use multiple evidence types to build a chronological sequence of deformation, magmatism, and sedimentation.
• Justify how integrated reconstructions constrain plate-motion and paleoenvironments.

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• Explain how a pendulum transfers energy between gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy during its swing
• Describe how friction and air resistance affect the conservation of mechanical energy in real pendulums
• Relate changes in amplitude, mass, and length to a pendulum’s energy and/or period

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• Understand what atoms and molecules are
• Identify different molecules such as H₂O and NaCl
• Learn how atoms combine to form molecules+ Show more

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• Identify different types of air masses based on temperature and moisture
• Understand how boundaries, called fronts, form between air masses
• Explain how air masses influence weather changes like storms and precipitation+ Show more

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• Explain how heritable variation and differential survival or reproduction lead to changes in populations over generations
• Use the idea of allele frequency shifts to describe adaptation and evolution by natural selection
• Compare convergent and divergent evolution as outcomes of different or similar selective pressures

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• Understand the basic concepts of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.
• Learn the processes involved in the rock cycle including melting, cooling, weathering, erosion, deposition, and burial.
• Identify how surface processes driven by water, wind, and biological activity shape rocks and landscapes.+ Show more

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• Explain reaction energy changes using particle-level reasoning about atoms and bonds.
• Interpret an energy profile to determine whether a reaction absorbs or releases energy.
• Connect bond restructuring to temperature changes and observable reaction rates.

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• Explain how optical, radio, and spectrometers help scientists observe the solar system
• Describe how different wavelengths provide information about composition, motion, and temperature
• Compare ground-based and space-based observing and explain why Earth’s atmosphere can distort observations+ Show more

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• Use balanced chemical equations and mole ratios to relate reactant and product quantities
• Convert between mass, moles, and particle counts using molar mass and Avogadro’s number
• Calculate percent composition, empirical/molecular formulas, and percent yield from experimental data+ Show more

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• Understand the concepts of seasonal changes in Alberta.
• Identify how latitude, climate, and solar geometry influence seasonal patterns.
• Describe environmental effects of spring in Alberta, including ecosystem and agricultural impacts.+ Show more

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• Understand the mechanisms of negative and positive feedback in maintaining internal stability.
• Identify examples of feedback processes in physiological systems.
• Connect the roles of sensors, set points, and effectors in feedback regulation.+ Show more

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• Explain the biochemical pathways involved in cellular respiration, including glycolysis, citric acid cycle, and electron transport chain.
• Describe how ATP is produced and utilized in energy coupling within cells.
• Relate the functions of mitochondria and chloroplasts to metabolic processes like respiration and photosynthesis.+ Show more

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• Understand the principles of Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium and its use in population genetics.
• Apply mathematical models to analyze allele and genotype frequency changes.
• Interpret microevolutionary processes such as genetic drift, selection, migration, and founder effects.+ Show more

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• Explain how mutations create genetic variation and how that variation can affect traits.
• Distinguish between genetic changes (DNA sequence) and environmental influences on trait expression.
• Analyze how different types of mutations can be neutral, harmful, or beneficial under specific conditions.+ Show more

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• Classify samples of matter as elements, compounds, or mixtures based on composition and observable characteristics
• Use the ideas of homogeneity and heterogeneity to describe differences between mixture types
• Explain how separation techniques such as filtration and distillation help separate mixtures

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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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• Explain how energy moves through producers and consumers in trophic levels
• Identify examples of primary, secondary, and higher-level consumers
• Describe the role of decomposers in nutrient recycling+ Show more

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• Explain why risk assessment is necessary before starting a science investigation
• Identify safe and ethical behaviors when using tools, handling materials, and working with organisms or communities
• Apply protocols for hazard prevention and accurate reporting of incidents+ Show more

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• Understand the purpose and components of free-body diagrams
• Identify different types of forces acting on objects
• Draw basic free-body diagrams for systems under contact and non-contact forces+ Show more

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• Understand how environmental constraints can affect design choices.
• Identify potential social and environmental impacts of engineering solutions.
• Analyze the balance between technical feasibility and responsible decision-making.+ Show more

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• Use appropriate units, instruments, and calibration to obtain meaningful measurements
• Apply rules for significant figures and scale when comparing measured data
• Interpret graphs by identifying trends, patterns, and the influence of outliers+ Show more

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• Explain the concept of titration and its purpose in chemistry.
• Describe how molarity relates to titration calculations.
• Perform algebraic manipulations involved in titration stoichiometry.+ Show more

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• Differentiate speed from velocity and explain how direction affects velocity.
• Calculate or interpret average speed using total distance and elapsed time.
• Explain how changing speed affects motion and how measurements and units support clear communication.

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• Understand how weathering breaks down rocks into sediments.
• Identify transport and depositional environments for sediments.
• Describe the processes of lithification that turn sediments into sedimentary rocks.+ Show more

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• Use a consistent sign convention to track energy transfers into and out of a system
• Set up an energy flow diagram and compute an energy balance using algebraic storage terms
• Interpret energy accounting results for mechanical, electrical, and thermal stores

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• Understand the concept of water reservoirs in the water cycle
• Identify the main reservoirs for carbon and water
• Explain how reservoirs interact and affect climate and environmental processes+ Show more

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• Explain how nucleic acid amplification and sequencing technologies produce molecular data used in biotechnology research.
• Interpret what read mappings and expression profiles reveal about genetic function while recognizing what they cannot prove.
• Evaluate molecular evidence quality by distinguishing correlation from causation in genome and gene-expression studies.

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• Describe different species interactions such as competition, predation, mutualism, and parasitism.
• Explain how niche partitioning reduces competition among species.
• Understand the role of keystone species in community ecology.+ Show more

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• Explain how collision theory and rate laws describe factors affecting reaction speed.
• Identify the influence of temperature, concentration, surface area, and catalysts on reaction rates.
• Interpret empirical rate data using concepts of molecular collision frequency, activation energy, and rate constants.+ Show more

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• Understand how to interpret different patterns in graphs, such as increasing, decreasing, and constant trends.
• Identify and describe patterns like scatter, plateau, and curved change using quantitative language.
• Apply models to summarize the shape of graph patterns and compare multiple conditions.+ Show more