Science Worksheets

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• Explain how net force affects acceleration when mass is held constant.
• Describe how increasing mass changes an object's motion when net force is the same.
• Use qualitative proportional reasoning (doubling net force, tripling mass) to predict changes in acceleration.

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• Define electric charge and explain how charge separation leads to static electricity.
• Compare static electricity with current electricity using conductor vs. insulator behavior.
• Explain why charge imbalance can cause attractions (like hair) and sometimes produce sparks.+ Show more

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• Identify and classify different types of chemical reactions such as synthesis, decomposition, single- and double-displacement, combustion, and redox.
• Understand the characteristic atom rearrangements and energy profiles associated with each reaction type.
• Predict products of reactions based on their classification and recognize conservation of mass and charge.+ Show more

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• Organize quantitative and qualitative observations into clear tables and graphs.
• Choose appropriate graph types and correctly label axes, scales, units, and legends.
• Interpret graphs by identifying trends, outliers, and basic summary measures (mean and median).+ Show more

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• Differentiate between open and closed systems by identifying whether matter can cross the system boundary
• Use the idea of mass conservation to explain how rearrangement of particles affects mass in a closed system
• Predict and interpret observed mass changes when gases or dissolved substances can enter or leave a system

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• Understand the concept of genetic diversity and its importance for populations.
• Identify factors that influence genetic variation within species.
• Explain the consequences of low genetic diversity on species survival.+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth’s water cycle moves matter and energy among reservoirs such as oceans, clouds, land, groundwater, and ice
• Describe how carbon moves among the atmosphere, living things, oceans, and rocks through processes like photosynthesis and respiration
• Connect incoming solar radiation and outgoing Earth radiation balance to temperature and weather patterns

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• Understand the concept of conservation of mass in closed systems.
• Explain how different phases and gases influence mass measurements.
• Identify factors affecting the accuracy of mass measurements during transformations.+ Show more

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• Understand the purpose and importance of operational definitions in scientific measurements.
• Identify different methods used to convert qualitative observations into quantitative data.
• Learn the key components involved in defining measurement protocols for consistency across locations.+ Show more

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• Explain the sources of genetic variation such as mutations, recombination, and chromosomal changes.
• Differentiate between Mendelian inheritance and polygenic inheritance as mechanisms of trait transmission.
• Describe molecular mechanisms like DNA replication errors and recombination rates that influence heritable variation.+ Show more

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• Understand the basic components and flow of the carbon cycle
• Describe key processes involved in nutrient cycling such as fixation, mineralization, and denitrification
• Recognize human impacts on nutrient cycles and their environmental consequences+ Show more

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• Identify different signs indicating chemical and physical changes based on reading and observation.
• Understand how to differentiate between physical and chemical changes using evidence.
• Describe observable signs such as gas formation, color change, temperature change, precipitate formation, and irreversible transformation.

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• Use SI units and correct significant figures to report measurements with appropriate precision and accuracy.
• Distinguish random and systematic errors and describe how calibration and instrument selection affect measurement quality.
• Propagate uncertainty to compute uncertainty in derived quantities using appropriate uncertainty rules.+ Show more

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• Identify and describe different physical properties of matter.
• Differentiate between physical changes and chemical changes based on properties observed.
• Understand how physical properties are used to classify and identify substances.+ Show more

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• Identify and describe different types of chemical reactions including synthesis, decomposition, single and double displacement, combustion, redox, and acid–base reactions.
• Predict products and balance chemical equations for various reaction pathways.
• Understand the energetics and environmental impacts associated with reaction types.+ Show more

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• Understand how water causes erosion and shapes landforms
• Identify different landforms created by erosion and deposition
• Describe the factors that influence erosion patterns+ Show more

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• Understand the difference between weather and climate.
• Identify short-term atmospheric conditions.
• Recognize patterns and variations in weather.+ Show more

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• Understand the law of conservation of mass and elements during chemical reactions.
• Connect mass balances to symbolic chemical equations and stoichiometry.
• Recognize real-world applications of the conservation principle in industry and environmental monitoring.+ Show more

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• Identify the major components of Earth's systems (lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere).
• Explain how energy from the Sun drives cycles in Earth's systems.
• Describe how changes in one Earth system can affect others.+ Show more

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• Understand the processes involved in the rock cycle, including melting, crystallization, weathering, erosion, transport, deposition, and burial.
• Describe how surface and deep Earth processes transform rocks and record environmental conditions.
• Explain the interconnectedness of the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere in shaping Earth's landscape over geological time.

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• Explain how eccentricity, axial tilt, and precession change seasonal insolation and long-term climate patterns
• Describe tidal forcing from the Moon and Sun using ideas of gravitational gradients and relative geometry
• Evaluate how resonance and tidal locking can alter rotation, day length, and tidal range

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• Identify increasing, decreasing, and constant trends in graphs
• Describe different pattern types using appropriate language
• Understand how graphs represent relationships between data points+ Show more

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• Understand hierarchical categories used in biological classification from kingdom to species.
• Learn how to construct and interpret dichotomous keys based on observable traits.
• Identify local species such as pond invertebrates, insects, and trees using external features.+ Show more

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• Explain how heritable variation changes population allele frequencies
• Relate reproductive success to natural selection
• Predict how natural selection leads to adaptation+ Show more

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• Explain how birth and death rates, immigration and emigration affect population size
• Distinguish exponential growth from logistic growth using carrying capacity
• Identify density-dependent and density-independent limiting factors in both aquatic and terrestrial systems

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• Identify and describe how the six classical simple machines change force and/or direction of motion.
• Use the idea of ideal mechanical advantage to relate input force, output force, and displacement.
• Explain practical limits (friction, deformation) and how they affect real machines compared with ideal predictions.

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• Define and differentiate physical change from chemical change.
• Identify common examples of physical changes in everyday life.
• Describe the properties that change during physical changes.+ Show more

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• Understand the basic properties of waves including frequency, wavelength, and amplitude.
• Learn how changes in wave parameters affect the characteristics of signals.
• Translate between different wave representations using wave parameters.+ Show more

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• Explain energy conservation using the idea that energy is transferred and transformed but not created or destroyed.
• Use qualitative energy accounting to track energy forms in a closed system as they change.
• Describe how nonconservative forces (like friction) can reduce mechanical energy and increase thermal energy.

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• Understand the principles of mechanical energy conservation in systems without significant energy loss.
• Explain how gravitational potential and kinetic energy interconvert in a roller coaster scenario.
• Identify how energy transfer diagrams and numerical accounting track energy forms and transfers.+ Show more

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• Understand the principle of conservation of energy and its implications in physical systems.
• Identify various forms of energy and how they transform during different processes.
• Explain the difference between closed and open systems in energy transfer.+ Show more

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• Describe different types of population dynamics including exponential growth, logistic regulation, and cyclical fluctuations.
• Analyze case studies such as snowshoe hare–lynx cycles and forest insect outbreaks to understand real-world population patterns.
• Explain the concepts of carrying capacity, reproductive strategies, and time lags in shaping population trajectories.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of iterative testing in design improvements
• Identify the steps involved in a testing cycle
• Connect observed outcomes to potential causes in the design process+ Show more

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• Describe particle theory: matter is made of tiny particles.
• Explain how particle motion and spacing relate to the properties of solids, liquids, and gases.
• Use Alberta examples to connect temperature to particle motion and state changes.

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• Explain how enzymes lower activation energy and increase reaction rates
• Describe how enzyme structure and active sites create substrate specificity
• Use the ideas of cofactors, induced fit, and thermodynamic favorability to interpret enzyme reactions

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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 and classify different types of chemical reactions such as synthesis, decomposition, single- and double-displacement, combustion, and redox reactions.
• Describe characteristic atom rearrangements and changes in oxidation states for each reaction type.
• Predict products and energy changes based on reaction classification.+ Show more

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• Explain how environmental, economic, and social indicators work together in sustainability assessment
• Identify metrics used to evaluate long-term viability of resource use (e.g., renewal rates and pollutant loads)
• Apply assessment ideas to decisions about extraction, conservation, and restoration in a regional context

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• Identify common simple machines (lever, inclined plane, wedge, screw, wheel-and-axle, and pulley) from everyday examples.
• Classify simple machines by how they change force: force multipliers, distance changers, and direction changers.
• Explain how input forces can be increased or redirected using simple machines.

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• Understand the purpose of free body diagrams in physics.
• Identify all external forces acting on a single object.
• Sketch accurate vectors for different forces including gravity, normal, friction, tension, and applied forces.+ Show more

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• Understand methods for detecting trends, cycles, and anomalies in datasets.
• Learn to interpret simple descriptive statistics, moving averages, and seasonal decomposition.
• Link observed data patterns to environmental drivers using Alberta examples.+ Show more

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• Explain how the atomic nucleus and electron cloud relate to proton number, electron arrangement, and atomic identity.
• Use quantum numbers to describe subshells, orbital orientation, and electron placement in atoms.
• Determine electron configurations and predict valence electrons to explain trends in bonding, ion formation, and periodic properties.

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• Explain how structure and function connect from cells to organs in multicellular organisms.
• Describe how membrane transport and cellular respiration help move oxygen and nutrients through tissues.
• Connect organ-level features (gas-exchange surfaces and circulation) to higher rates of exchange and delivery.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of flammability as a chemical property.
• Identify substances that are flammable based on descriptions and examples.
• Learn how chemical properties like reactivity and pH influence material behavior.

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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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• Define a vector and distinguish it from a scalar quantity.
• Explain the concept of vector components along perpendicular axes.
• Use trigonometric functions to resolve vectors into horizontal and vertical components.+ Show more

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• Explain how test results guide refinement of the next design version
• Describe links between observed outcomes and likely design causes
• Justify refinements that improve reliability under realistic conditions+ Show more

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• Identify the main idea about how multiple evidence types support evolutionary inference.
• Describe how fossils, anatomy, and molecular data contribute to explanations of descent with modification.