Science Worksheets

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• Understand the formation and distribution of mineral, water, and energy resources.
• Identify resource locations using geologic maps and surveys.
• Distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable resources.+ Show more

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• Understand how graphs of temperature and precipitation reveal climate patterns.
• Identify and interpret trends and variability in climate data over multiple years.
• Differentiate between typical climate patterns and anomalies using historical data.+ Show more

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• Explain how computational simulations use hypothesized mechanisms to generate testable predictions.
• Describe how changing model parameters affects outcomes and how ensembles represent uncertainty.
• Compare simulation outputs with empirical data to refine models and evaluate robustness.

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• Explain how passive transport (diffusion, facilitated diffusion, and osmosis) moves substances based on concentration and water potential gradients.
• Describe how active transport and vesicular transport help maintain homeostasis when substances must move against gradients.
• Connect membrane transport processes to cell function such as nutrient uptake, ion balance, and volume regulation.

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• Understand the independence of orthogonal components in projectile trajectories.
• Apply kinematic equations and trigonometry to analyze projectile motion.
• Predict the time of flight, maximum height, and range of projectiles under ideal conditions.+ Show more

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• Identify factors that influence the amount of product formed in a reaction.
• Explain how particle behavior affects reaction rates and yields.
• Predict how changing reaction conditions impacts yield based on chemical principles.

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• Explain how radiometric dating uses radioactive decay and half-lives to estimate the absolute age of rocks and minerals.
• Compare major isotope systems (U–Pb, K–Ar, and C–14) and identify what kinds of materials and events each is best suited for.
• Describe the role of closure temperature, isotope systematics, and analytical uncertainties in interpreting radiometric dates.

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• Explain how agricultural expansion, urbanization, resource extraction, and infrastructure development change land cover and affect habitat quality and species movement.
• Describe edge effects and how habitat fragmentation and corridors can influence connectivity and gene flow.
• Use basic landscape ideas (e.g., patchiness, connectivity, and cumulative impacts) to evaluate trade-offs in land management.

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• Understand how blood glucose levels are maintained within a healthy range.
• Identify the roles of insulin and glucagon in glucose regulation.
• Explain how endocrine feedback loops contribute to metabolic homeostasis.

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• Identify primary and secondary control surfaces such as ailerons, elevators, rudder, and flaps.
• Understand the role of ailerons in controlling roll movement.
• Explain how control surfaces affect airplane stability and maneuverability.+ Show more

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• Define specific heat capacity and explain what its units mean in terms of energy and temperature change.
• Use the heat equation to describe how mass, specific heat, and temperature change affect the energy transferred.
• Convert between joules and kilojoules and between grams and kilograms when solving heat-related problems.

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• Apply the work–energy theorem to connect net work done by forces to changes in kinetic energy.
• Understand and calculate power as the rate of energy transfer.
• Analyze cases with variable forces and nonconservative dissipation using integral expressions for work.+ Show more

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• Understand the basic concepts of planetary orbits
• Identify key factors influencing orbital speed and distance
• Explain how gravity governs orbital paths at different scales+ Show more

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• Understand the independence of horizontal and vertical components in projectile motion.
• Identify the factors influencing projectile trajectories such as launch angle and initial speed.
• Describe how gravitational acceleration affects vertical motion of projectiles.+ Show more

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• Understand the differences between heavily cratered and smooth planetary surfaces.
• Identify key surface features that indicate a planet's geological history.
• Explain how impact craters and resurfacing processes reveal a planet’s age and activity.

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• Identify and describe the main mechanisms that drive evolutionary change.
• Explain how mutation, natural selection, genetic drift, and gene flow influence allele frequencies.
• Analyze how these mechanisms interact to shape genetic diversity and respond to environmental changes.

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• Explain how vibrations produce sound.
• Identify common sound sources and describe how they vibrate.
• Classify sound effects using cause-and-effect reasoning.

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• Identify how the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere interact as connected Earth systems.
• Explain how energy from the Sun drives cycles that move water, gases, and heat.
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to describe how changes in one system can affect other systems over different timescales.

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• Identify examples of water changing phases when heated or cooled.
• Explain solid, liquid, and gas changes using everyday observations.
• Match phase changes (melting, freezing, evaporation, condensation) to states of matter.

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• Explain how the heart’s rhythmic pumping creates pressure that moves blood through the circulatory system.
• Compare the structure and function of arteries, veins, and capillaries in transporting blood.
• Describe how capillaries enable exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and wastes between blood and body cells.

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• Explain the process of glycolysis and its role in cellular respiration.
• Identify the main products and energy yield of glycolysis.
• Describe how glycolysis connects to subsequent stages of respiration.

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• Understand the concept of the center of mass and its significance in physics.
• Analyze how the center of mass affects the motion of systems under external forces.
• Apply conservation of momentum principles about the center of mass in various scenarios.+ Show more

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• Describe the semi-conservative nature of DNA replication and the role of key enzymes involved.
• Explain the process of DNA unwinding, synthesis, and ligation during replication.
• Analyze the importance of proofreading and repair mechanisms in maintaining genetic fidelity.+ Show more

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• Identify observable evidence that a chemical change has occurred.
• Explain, using a particle-level model, how bonds can break and form during a chemical change.
• Distinguish chemical changes from physical changes based on whether new substances form.

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• Explain how electric current relates to the rate of charge flow and how resistance opposes that flow
• Use the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance to predict circuit behavior
• Describe how material properties, temperature, and geometry affect resistance+ Show more

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• Understand the mechanisms that generate genetic variation within populations.
• Identify how mutations, crossing over, and gene flow contribute to diversity.
• Explain the significance of genetic variation for evolution and natural selection.

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• Identify the main idea and key details about oral histories as ecological records
• Explain how place-based knowledge helps interpret ecological relationships and seasonal cycles
• Describe how stewardship practices connect human choices to long-term environmental patterns

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• Interpret displacement–time and velocity–time graphs by connecting slope to physical meaning.
• Use the area under a velocity–time graph to determine displacement.
• Identify key features of motion graphs, including constant segments, sign changes, discontinuities, and curved (non-uniform) behavior.

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• Understand the different types of chemical bonds: ionic, covalent, and metallic.
• Identify the characteristics and properties associated with each bond type.
• Compare bond energies, electron sharing, and their effects on material properties.+ Show more

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• Explain how physical separation can separate components of oil sands using density and particle size.
• Describe how chemical treatment and temperature changes affect emulsions and dissolved organics.
• Classify processing steps as physical versus chemical changes in bitumen extraction.

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• Define natural selection and explain how it contributes to evolution.
• Identify different modes of natural selection: directional, stabilizing, and disruptive.
• Describe examples illustrating natural selection, such as antibiotic resistance and camouflage.

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• Understand the systematic approaches used in ecological inquiry.
• Identify key variables and evidence used to interpret ecological data.
• Analyze local examples such as riparian health of the Bow River.+ Show more

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• Understand how genetic inheritance contributes to variation among offspring.
• Identify evidence of genetic variation in families and populations.
• Explain how recombination and genetic changes over time produce variation.+ Show more

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• Explain how energy and matter move through interconnected feeding relationships in a food web.
• Describe how removing or reducing one species can cascade through a food web.
• Compare how generalist vs. specialized feeding links can affect ecosystem stability.

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• Understand the purpose and basics of DNA amplification methods like PCR.
• Identify different molecular techniques used to analyze genetic material.
• Describe how sequencing and gel electrophoresis contribute to genetic research.+ Show more

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• Identify Newton’s Third Law action–reaction force pairs acting on different objects
• Explain that action–reaction forces have equal magnitude and opposite direction but do not cancel because they act on different objects
• Use system boundaries to distinguish internal forces from external forces in momentum analysis+ Show more

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• Identify the main idea and key details about why measurement choices matter
• Explain why units must be chosen and recorded consistently
• Use information from a passage to answer questions about measurement tools and data recording

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• Explain the role of sex chromosomes in determining gender.
• Understand how sex-linked inheritance affects trait expression.
• Differentiate between sex determination systems in mammals.+ Show more

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• Understand the basic concepts of cell signaling and how cells communicate.
• Identify different types of signaling mechanisms such as autocrine, paracrine, endocrine, and synaptic signaling.
• Describe how receptor proteins interact with ligands to trigger intracellular signaling cascades.+ Show more

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• Explain why insulators resist electric charge flow using the ideas of bound electrons and lack of free charge carriers.
• Compare common insulating materials (rubber, glass, dry wood) based on their electron behavior and safety uses.
• Distinguish bulk insulating properties from how charges can behave on a material’s surface.+ Show more

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• Explain how the angle of attack influences airflow and lift production in wings.
• Identify the different regimes of lift coefficient variation with changing angle.
• Describe how wing incidence and pilot control inputs modify the effective angle of attack.+ Show more

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• Understand what invasive species are and how they impact native ecosystems.
• Identify examples of invasive plants and aquatic organisms in Alberta.
• Analyze the ecological consequences of invasive species on biodiversity and habitat health.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of molarity and how it is used to quantify solution concentration.
• Calculate molarity given moles and volume of solutions.
• Interpret the relationship between concentration and reaction stoichiometry.+ Show more

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• Describe the molecular structure of DNA and its components.
• Explain the double helix and the antiparallel nature of DNA strands.
• Identify the base-pairing rules and their significance in DNA replication and storage.+ Show more

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• Understand how forces influence the motion of objects.
• Identify different types of forces and their effects.
• Explain the difference between balanced and unbalanced forces.+ Show more

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• Understand how energy flows through food webs from producers to consumers.
• Explain the process of matter cycling in ecosystems and its importance.
• Identify the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem.+ Show more

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• Compare the atmospheres, greenhouse effects, magnetic fields, and volatile inventories of Earth, Mars, and Venus.
• Understand how remote sensing observations and solar proximity influence planetary surface conditions.
• Analyze implications of planetary differences for habitability and surface environments.+ Show more

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• Understand the factors that influence braking distance, including friction, reaction time, and environmental conditions.
• Explain how mechanical systems like anti-lock braking systems affect stopping performance.
• Analyze real-world scenarios involving braking and stopping distances under different conditions.+ Show more