Science Worksheets

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• Explain how quantitative measurements constrain scientific claims and models.
• Use model predictions to evaluate competing explanations for motion, forces, energy transfer, or wave behavior.
• Identify and justify assumptions in scientific models and describe how evidence supports them.

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• Differentiate internal processes (plate tectonics, volcanism, uplift) from external processes (weathering, erosion, deposition).
• Explain how the balance between uplift and erosion influences landforms, river profiles, and rock exposure.
• Evaluate how external processes transport sediments and affect slope stability over time.

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• Explain the law of conservation of energy and how energy transfers and transforms within a closed system
• Use qualitative energy accounting to predict how energy forms change between initial and final states
• Justify conclusions about mechanical energy losses due to nonconservative forces using cause-and-effect reasoning

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• Understand enthalpy changes and calorimetric reasoning in chemical reactions.
• Explain Hess’s law and how energy steps combine to determine overall reaction heat.
• Relate bond enthalpies and formation energies to reaction enthalpy and stability.+ Show more

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• Explain how electron configurations in valence energy levels lead to periodic trends in atomic properties.
• Predict how ion charge, electronegativity, and reactivity change across periods and down groups.
• Distinguish likely ionic vs. covalent bonding behavior based on metallic and nonmetallic character.

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• Explain how energy moves through an ecosystem using trophic levels, food webs, and energy transfer.
• Differentiate the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in cycling energy and matter.
• Interpret how multiple feeding relationships in a food web create many energy pathways rather than a single chain.

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• Analyze mechanisms of energy transfer within Earth systems, including radiative balance, conduction, convection, and latent heat processes.
• Relate energy pathways to weather patterns, ocean currents, and tectonic heat flow.
• Use quantitative reasoning with energy budgets, flux diagrams, and block models to connect microscale processes to macroscopic phenomena.+ Show more

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• Interpret stratigraphic sequences and fossil assemblages to determine Earth's history.
• Explain principles such as superposition, correlation, and unconformities.
• Apply radiometric decay methods and error considerations in dating rocks.+ Show more

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• Understand the role of feedback loops and regulatory networks in biological systems.
• Analyze how multi-scale models predict system responses to perturbations.
• Evaluate the limitations of reductionist models and the importance of integrative approaches.+ Show more

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• Understand the key processes of weathering, erosion, transport, and deposition in landscape formation.
• Analyze how climate, vegetation, and tectonic activity influence surface change rates.
• Interpret process-response diagrams, sediment budgets, and channel profile models.+ Show more

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• Explain how mechanical systems transfer energy through work, collisions, and friction.
• Describe how energy converts between kinetic, potential, and thermal forms in systems.
• Identify examples of energy transfer, such as braking a bicycle or compressing a spring.+ Show more

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• Understand the factors affecting the efficiency of photosynthesis in plants.
• Compare natural photosynthetic processes with engineered solar technologies.
• Evaluate ecological and technological trade-offs in energy capture and land use.+ Show more

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• Understand the fundamental principles of thermodynamics, including energy conservation and entropy.
• Explain how heat engines and refrigerators operate between temperature reservoirs.
• Apply Carnot relationships to determine maximum efficiency of heat engines.+ Show more

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• Understand various efficiency metrics used to evaluate energy systems.
• Interpret and compare efficiency indicators like percent efficiency, EROI, COP, and LCOE.
• Analyze the importance of boundaries, time scales, and ancillary impacts in efficiency assessment.+ Show more

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• Understand the mechanisms of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation.
• Explain how material properties influence heat transfer rates.
• Identify real-world examples of heat transfer processes.+ Show more

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• Understand the relationship between net force, mass, and acceleration.
• Explain how vector quantities of force and acceleration influence movement.
• Analyze the effect of changing forces and mass on an object's acceleration.+ Show more

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• Explain what albedo feedback is and how it influences climate change.
• Identify surface changes that affect Earth's reflectivity.
• Describe the effects of melting ice, snow, vegetation shifts, and cloud cover on albedo.+ Show more

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• Understand how mole relationships connect masses of reactants and products through balanced equations.
• Learn to calculate molar masses and convert between mass and amount of substance.
• Recognize the significance of coefficients in balanced chemical equations for mole ratios.+ Show more

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• Understand the principles governing molecular shape based on electron pair repulsion.
• Identify common molecular geometries such as linear, trigonal planar, tetrahedral, and bent.
• Explain how molecular shape influences polarity and intermolecular forces.+ Show more

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• Understand the historical development of atomic models from early theories to quantum mechanics.
• Identify the key particles within atoms and their properties, including charge and mass.
• Explain how atomic models explain electron behavior, energy levels, and chemical properties.+ Show more

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• Understand how entropy quantifies energy dispersal and the number of microstates in a system.
• Explain the concept of Gibbs free energy and its role in predicting spontaneity.
• Analyze how enthalpy and entropy contributions influence the Gibbs free energy at different temperatures.+ Show more

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• Understand the law of conservation of mass and its importance in chemical reactions.
• Identify how balanced equations illustrate mass conservation.
• Explain the relationship between mole concepts and mass in chemical processes.+ Show more

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• Describe how magma forms through different geological processes such as decompression, volatile addition, and heat transfer.
• Explain how cooling rates influence the texture and mineral composition of igneous rocks.
• Identify the processes of fractional crystallization and magma mixing and their effects on magma composition.+ Show more

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• Understand the basic structure and components of a cell.
• Identify the functions of cell organelles.
• Describe the diversity of cell shapes and their functions.+ Show more

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• Identify and describe different types of energy, including kinetic, gravitational potential, elastic, thermal, chemical, and electrical energy.
• Understand and explain energy transfer and transformation in various systems and scenarios.
• Apply qualitative and basic quantitative concepts of energy conservation in everyday contexts.+ Show more

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• Understand how wing shape influences lift, stall behavior, and maneuverability.
• Compare high-aspect-ratio wings used on gliders with low-aspect, robust wings on agricultural aircraft.
• Explain how curvature and taper affect pressure distribution and performance.+ Show more

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• Explain how predators, prey, and competitors affect survival and reproduction rates in populations
• Describe how mutualism can increase resource availability for both partners
• Use population trends to connect biotic interactions to changes in population size over time

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• Identify criteria and constraints when comparing alternative solutions to a science or engineering problem
• Explain how iterative refinement improves a design using evidence from observed outcomes
• Justify a final design choice by linking each criterion to results and describing tradeoffs+ Show more

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• Understand the celestial mechanics behind solar and lunar eclipses.
• Describe the conditions necessary for partial, total, and annular eclipses.
• Explain why eclipses are relatively rare at specific locations like Alberta.+ Show more

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• Understand the principles of streamlining and how body shape affects airflow.
• Identify practical examples of streamlined designs in agriculture and aircraft.
• Explain how shape changes influence pressure distribution and energy use.+ Show more

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• Understand various long-term ecological monitoring techniques used in ecology.
• Identify key considerations for designing effective monitoring programs.
• Describe how data collection methods help detect ecological trends over time.+ Show more

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• Explain how unequal solar heating creates pressure differences that drive atmospheric circulation and winds
• Describe how energy and water vapor transfers between the surface and atmosphere influence clouds and precipitation
• Use the idea of local energy balance (temperature, humidity, pressure) to predict short-term weather patterns

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• Explain how homeostasis maintains stable internal conditions using feedback mechanisms
• Describe the components of a feedback loop (receptors, control center, effectors, and output)
• Distinguish negative feedback from positive feedback and predict their effects on a regulated variable+ Show more

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• Understand how force interactions transfer energy during motion.
• Identify examples of mechanical energy change in real-world systems.
• Describe the relationship between force, displacement, and energy change qualitatively.+ Show more

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• Understand the core principles of population genetics, including allele frequency and genetic drift.
• Describe the assumptions of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and factors that disrupt it.
• Explain the effects of bottlenecks, founder effects, and gene flow on genetic diversity.+ Show more

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• Understand how to interpret and apply coefficient ratios from balanced chemical equations.
• Calculate mass relationships among reactants and products in chemical reactions.
• Relate symbolic chemical equations to real-world mass measurements and conservation laws.+ Show more

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• Understand how to interpret displacement–time, velocity–time, and acceleration–time graphs.
• Identify the physical quantities represented by the slope and area in motion graphs.
• Recognize changing acceleration through curved segments on graphs.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of element symbols and their formation.
• Identify common chemical formulas and interpret their meaning.
• Connect symbolic representations to real-world chemical substances.+ Show more

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• Understand the basic principles of electric motors and generators.
• Identify different types of motors and their applications.
• Explain electromagnetic induction and how it is used in generators.+ Show more

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• Analyze societal and ethical dimensions of genetic technologies.
• Evaluate the responsibilities of stakeholders in genetic science.
• Discuss the role of policy, public dialogue, and ethical frameworks in responsible innovation.+ Show more

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• Understand how human activities impact Earth's land, water, and atmosphere.
• Identify regional examples of land-use change and resource extraction.
• Analyze the effects of urban expansion and environmental indicators on ecosystems.+ Show more

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• Trace energy transformations across mechanical and electrical domains.
• Apply conservation principles to analyze system performance and losses.
• Understand the interaction between mechanical motion and electrical energy flows.+ Show more

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• Compare Earth's surface conditions with Mars and Venus in terms of atmosphere, greenhouse effects, magnetic fields, and volatile inventories.
• Understand how remote sensing observations and solar proximity influence planetary climates and habitability.
• Analyze the implications of planetary differences for surface environments and potential for supporting liquid water and life.+ Show more

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• Understand the structure and function of various organ systems in mammals and plants.
• Identify tissue types and their roles within different organs.
• Describe how organ design supports survival in Alberta's environment.+ Show more

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• Explain how molecular collisions influence reaction rates according to collision theory.
• Describe the concepts of activation energy and effective collisions.
• Analyze the role of energy barriers in chemical reactions, including examples like catalysts in Alberta's industrial applications.+ Show more

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• Understand chemical transformations and transport affecting air, water, and soil quality.
• Interpret chemical pathways, mass flows, and rate influences in environmental contexts.
• Analyze regional sources and seasonal effects on atmospheric, aquatic, and terrestrial environments.+ Show more

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• Understand how societal needs are translated into measurable criteria and constraints in engineering solutions.
• Identify key qualitative and quantitative criteria used in designing solutions for global challenges.
• Analyze the importance of balancing societal needs with environmental, safety, and cost constraints.+ Show more

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• Explain the difference between uniform and non-uniform circular motion.
• Relate angular quantities to linear quantities such as velocity and acceleration.
• Describe the concept of centripetal acceleration and the forces involved.+ Show more