Science Worksheets

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• Identify the parts of an atom (protons, neutrons, and electrons) and their locations.
• Explain how atomic number and mass number determine an element and its isotope.
• Describe how a simple electron-shell model helps explain basic chemical behavior.

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• Understand the components of ecosystem models, including biotic and abiotic factors.
• Interpret how resource flows and feedback mechanisms influence ecosystem stability.
• Analyze different types of ecosystem models like system diagrams and stock-and-flow representations.+ Show more

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• Describe how the respiratory system moves gases using diffusion across exchange surfaces
• Explain how the digestive system breaks food into smaller molecules that enter circulation
• Relate coordinated respiratory and digestive processes to energy release in cells and removal of waste+ Show more

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• Describe how climate variation influences temperature, precipitation, and extreme events.
• Explain the impact of climate change on species ranges, phenology, and ecosystem interactions.
• Analyze potential consequences of climate drivers on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.+ Show more

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• Understand how particle motion relates to temperature and phase changes.
• Explain the processes of melting, boiling, and condensation from a microscopic perspective.
• Relate macroscopic temperature changes to microscopic particle energy and motion.+ Show more

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• Understand how particle motion, temperature, and energy transfer influence states of matter and phase changes for pure substances.
• Explain melting, boiling, and condensation through particle diagrams and temperature-phase behavior.
• Relate macroscopic measurements of temperature and heat flow to microscopic particle motion and distinguish reversible physical changes from chemical changes.

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• Describe the different states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases.
• Understand how particle arrangement and movement define each state.
• Explain how temperature and pressure influence state transitions.+ Show more

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• Describe how conduction, convection, and radiation affect heat transfer in a heating system.
• Use energy-budget ideas to compare net heat gain, required fuel energy, and temperature change predictions.
• Apply conservation of energy to identify where energy is stored and where losses occur.+ Show more

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• Explain how thermal resistance reduces heat flow between two environments
• Use R-values and material thickness to compare insulation performance
• Identify where thermal bridges happen and why they matter+ Show more

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• Define niche and competition and describe how they affect populations over time
• Identify how different species can coexist by using different resources, microhabitats, or activity times
• Use evidence from behaviors and resource needs to support a model of how species coexist in a community+ Show more

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• Explain how radiant transfer moves energy using electromagnetic waves
• Describe how solar intensity, absorptivity, and emissivity affect net radiative heating
• Compare how different surfaces (roofs, vegetation, snow) can change daytime warming and nighttime cooling

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• Explain what specific heat capacity means in terms of energy and temperature change.
• Calculate thermal energy using mass, specific heat, and temperature change.
• Use and convert between grams, kilojoules, and degrees Celsius in heat-capacity problems.+ Show more

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• Explain how system models show energy inputs, useful outputs, and waste heat using energy flow diagrams or Sankey-style arrows.
• Use energy accounting ideas to describe conservation of energy in mechanical and industrial systems.
• Identify major sources of energy loss and describe how conversion efficiency is determined from an energy flow.+ Show more

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• Explain how solar energy, albedo, and snow cover affect seasonal heating and cooling.
• Describe how phase changes store and release energy through latent heat.
• Model how radiative, latent, and sensible heat fluxes influence soil and water temperatures across seasons.+ Show more

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• Explain how building orientation affects heating and cooling needs across Alberta seasons
• Describe how the building envelope and thermal bridges influence heat loss or heat gain
• Compare ventilation with heat recovery to reduce energy use while maintaining indoor comfort+ Show more

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• Explain that energy can change forms while total energy is conserved
• Identify examples of mechanical, electrical, chemical, and thermal energy transformations
• Use energy pathways to describe how devices convert energy in real systems+ Show more

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• Understand the processes involved in the global and local water cycle, including evaporation, condensation, precipitation, infiltration, runoff, and groundwater flow.
• Describe how phase changes and energy from the Sun drive the water cycle.
• Connect the water cycle processes to mechanical and chemical weathering on land surfaces such as river incision, karst formation, and coastal erosion.+ Show more

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• Understand the key matter cycling processes that sustain ecosystems, including microbial decomposition, fixation, mineralization, and sedimentation.
• Identify how human activities like fertilizer runoff impact nutrient fluxes and ecosystem health.
• Explain the concepts of reservoirs, fluxes, and how alterations influence primary productivity and long-term nutrient availability.+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth’s axial tilt affects solar angle and daylight duration over the year
• Describe how seasonal changes in sunlight can influence temperature and snow cover in a region
• Use evidence from a local example (Alberta) to connect seasons to climate and biological rhythms+ Show more

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• Organize measurements in tables and identify patterns in data.
• Use line graphs or bar graphs to compare variables and describe trends.
• Explain why evidence-based claims rely on patterns, not single results.+ Show more

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• Explain what a trade-off is when designing a solution under constraints.
• Identify how improving one feature can worsen another feature.
• Use material properties and safety needs to justify design choices.+ Show more

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• Identify the independent variable, dependent variable, and controls in a testable science study
• Explain why consistent measurement methods and units matter when comparing results
• Use evidence from data to support claims about how a variable affects outcomes+ Show more

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• Explain how the law of conservation of mass applies to closed and near-closed systems in science investigations
• Use mass-balance reasoning to compare measured and expected masses in practical scenarios
• Identify how reaction stoichiometry and waste accounting rely on conservation of mass+ Show more

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• Define saturation and solubility limits for a solute in a solvent at a given temperature and pressure.
• Explain what happens when more solute is added to a saturated solution.
• Describe how supersaturation can lead to sudden precipitation during cooling or evaporation.

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• Identify major Earth water reservoirs such as oceans, rivers, lakes, glaciers, groundwater, and soil water.
• Explain how water moves between reservoirs through evaporation and infiltration.
• Describe how water movement affects how long water stays available in local areas after rainfall.

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• Describe how digestive and respiratory systems help organisms obtain energy and remove waste.
• Identify major parts of the human digestive and respiratory systems and explain their basic functions.
• Compare oxygen exchange and waste removal structures in humans, fish, and insects.+ Show more

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• Explain how conservation of mass applies to closed-system reactions.
• Use mass accounting to relate reactant masses to product masses.
• Compare theoretical and measured yields using completeness of a reaction.

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• Describe how short-term weather changes can form a pattern over days.
• Explain how precipitation, clouds, and wind connect to changes in temperature.
• Use multiple observations to predict what may happen next in a weather sequence.

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• Explain how body structure and function help organisms find food and defend themselves
• Describe how water-storing adaptations support survival in dry habitats
• Use evidence from examples to match an adapted body part to its purpose+ Show more

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• Explain how food web links multiple food chains together in an ecosystem
• Identify how changes in one population can affect other populations in a food web
• Use examples to describe feeding relationships between producers, consumers, and predators

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• Identify the need, criteria for success, and constraints in an engineering scenario
• Write a clear problem statement using measurable criteria and realistic constraints
• Explain how criteria and constraints guide design decisions

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• Explain the difference between temperature and heat using particle motion and energy transfer
• Identify how conduction, convection, and radiation move thermal energy
• Use real-world examples to predict how thermal exchanges affect environments

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• Explain how calorimetry uses temperature change to determine energy transfer
• Calculate and compare heat energy changes using specific heat and mass
• Describe how heat moves during melting, heating, and combustion scenarios

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• Calculate energy transfer using specific heat, mass, and temperature change
• Convert between Joules and kilojoules and use units correctly
• Interpret simple thermal process situations and represent energy change numerically or in graphs+ Show more

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• Describe how rocks, soil, and water have observable properties.
• Identify how materials interact and change through processes like breaking apart and mixing with water.
• Use observations to compare how Earth materials behave in different situations.

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• Explain how changes in temperature, rainfall, or light can affect plant growth and food availability.
• Describe how habitat loss or fragmentation can reduce survival and change population sizes over time.
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to predict how some species increase while others decrease during ecosystem rebalancing.

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• Explain how solubility changes with temperature for solids in liquids and with pressure for gases
• Describe how agitation and particle size affect the rate of dissolving and sometimes the amount dissolved
• Use evidence from examples (such as salts in lakes and road salt) to predict solubility outcomes under new conditions

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• Describe the main stages of a flowering plant life cycle from seed to mature plant.
• Explain how reproduction leads to seeds and how seeds help a species continue over time.
• Identify ways plants spread and connect dispersal to increased success in local conditions.+ Show more

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• Identify observable evidence that a chemical change has occurred.
• Explain particle-level bond changes during chemical reactions.
• Distinguish chemical changes from physical changes using observations and reasoning.

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• Describe what you can observe when sugar dissolves in water compared with when sand is mixed in water.
• Explain how dissolving can make a mixture look uniform even though microscopic particles are still present.
• Identify how stirring and heating or cooling can affect a dissolving solution.

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• Explain how conduction transfers kinetic energy through solids and across interfaces
• Compare how different materials conduct heat based on conductivity
• Use ideas of thermal contact resistance to predict temperature gradients in building systems+ Show more

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• Describe how temperature differences create density differences that drive convection
• Compare natural and forced convection using real-world examples
• Identify features of boundary layers and flow patterns that affect heat transfer+ Show more

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• Describe how melting, freezing, evaporation, and condensation involve changes in particle kinetic and potential energy
• Connect phase changes to energy absorption or release as particles rearrange
• Explain latent heat as energy transferred during a phase change without changing chemical identity+ Show more

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• Identify separation methods that match a mixture’s physical properties (particle size, solubility, magnetism, or boiling point).
• Explain how filtration, decanting, evaporation, and magnetic separation separate substances without changing their chemical identity.
• Use observable results to infer what physical properties were used in a separation.

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• Explain how temperature relates to average random kinetic energy of particles.
• Describe how thermal energy depends on particle number and phase.
• Use molecular motion ideas to compare thermal states and pressures.

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• Describe the main pathways of the water cycle, including evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff or infiltration.
• Explain how changing state helps water move between Earth’s atmosphere and surface and how water returns to land.
• Match water cycle terms to their definitions or examples.+ Show more

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• Describe how energy moves through a food chain from producers to consumers.
• Explain how the number of organisms at higher levels depends on the level before them.
• Use vocabulary from food chains, including producers, consumers, and energy transfer.+ Show more

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• Explain how a chosen technology solution meets a stated need or criteria in an everyday situation.
• Identify key features of a solution and describe how they help meet the problem requirements.
• Compare outcomes to requirements and describe limits of a solution using clear, complete sentences.+ Show more