Science Worksheets

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• Explain how natural selection acts on heritable variation to increase reproductive success in a given environment.
• Describe how directional, stabilizing, and disruptive selection affect allele frequencies across generations.
• Use models and fitness concepts to predict how populations can change and form adaptations.+ Show more

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• Explain how erosion and deposition reshape Earth’s surface using water, wind, ice, and gravity
• Describe how energy loss in a transporting agent leads to deposition
• Identify factors that affect erosion rate and landform development, such as slope and rock resistance+ Show more

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• Explain how moving charges and electric currents produce magnetic fields.
• Describe magnetic field lines as closed loops and identify their direction around currents and magnets.
• Predict how magnetic forces affect the motion of charged particles moving in a magnetic field.

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• Explain how fission and fusion release energy using binding energy per nucleon and nuclear mass-energy concepts
• Analyze chain-reaction criteria, including neutron economy and the meaning of critical mass and criticality
• Apply reactor-physics ideas to estimate energy yield and assess real-world constraints for deployment

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• Understand how human activities influence Earth's atmosphere and other spheres
• Identify cause-and-effect relationships related to fossil fuel burning
• Analyze the feedback mechanisms resulting from environmental changes

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• Explain how reaction rate depends on collision frequency and collision effectiveness.
• Describe how concentration, temperature, and surface area affect particle collisions at the microscopic level.
• Apply collision theory to predict how changes in conditions influence product formation over time.

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• Explain how conservation of atoms connects to conservation of mass when system boundaries are defined correctly.
• Distinguish between open and closed systems and predict how escaped gases affect measured mass.
• Use mass measurements (reactants and products) to evaluate whether accounting for all phases is complete.+ Show more

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• Understand and describe the different stages of the water cycle.
• Identify the movement of matter through reservoirs such as air, water, soil, and living organisms.
• Explain how plants and animals contribute to the cycling of matter within ecosystems.+ Show more

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• Identify constraint tradeoffs in real-world science and engineering designs.
• Explain how improving one feature can worsen another feature when constraints are present.
• Use material properties and safety requirements to justify design choices.

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• Understand the features of titration curves for different acid-base systems.
• Interpret key points such as initial pH, buffer regions, inflection points, and equivalence pH.
• Analyze titration profiles to classify acid-base behavior and determine neutralization needs.+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth’s major reservoirs (atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, biosphere) interact through matter cycles and energy flow.
• Describe key processes that move matter, including evaporation/precipitation, surface runoff/groundwater, and chemical exchange.
• Evaluate how biological and geologic processes redistribute carbon and nutrients across Earth systems.

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• Explain how fair tests keep all variables the same except the intended design variable.
• Select appropriate measurement tools and explain why units and scales matter.
• Describe how consistent testing procedures help attribute differences to the design rather than the setup.

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• Explain energy conservation using the idea of a system and its surroundings
• Describe how energy can change form during transfers while the total energy of the combined system stays constant
• Use examples (like a roller coaster) to predict where energy goes during motion

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• Explain how solar and lunar eclipses happen due to alignment of the Earth, Moon, and Sun, including umbra and penumbra effects
• Describe why eclipses and tides occur at different frequencies and how visibility depends on geometry and location
• Explain tides using differential gravitational pull from the Moon and the Sun, including spring and neap tides and coastal amplification

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• Explain how vibrating objects produce sound
• Describe how pitch and volume can change based on vibrations
• Identify examples of sound makers and the vibrations they create+ Show more

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• Explain how multiple lines of evidence are used to evaluate climate change over decades to centuries
• Differentiate short-term weather variability from long-term climate trends
• Identify how evidence supports gradual, abrupt, or cyclical climate shifts+ Show more

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• Explain how DNA transcription and RNA translation lead to protein production
• Describe multiple levels of gene regulation and how they affect cell function and phenotype
• Analyze how timing and post-transcriptional events influence which proteins are made+ Show more

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• Understand the basic components of biological membranes, including bilayer structure and membrane proteins
• Describe the types of membrane transport mechanisms such as passive diffusion, facilitated diffusion, osmosis, and active transport
• Explain the concepts of membrane potential and electrochemical gradients+ Show more

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• Explain Mendelian inheritance using segregation and predictable dominant/recessive phenotypes
• Compare non-Mendelian inheritance patterns (incomplete dominance, codominance, multiple alleles, sex-linked, imprinting, mitochondrial)
• Describe how linkage and environmental interactions can change observed phenotypic ratios

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• Describe the stages of a plant life cycle from seed to adult plant.
• Explain how water, air, and light help plants grow during different stages.
• Identify why adult plants produce seeds to continue the life cycle.

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• Explain how Earth’s axial tilt and yearly revolution affect seasons and day length at different latitudes.
• Describe how the Moon’s orbit produces phases and how its position changes relative to the Sun.
• Connect Earth’s rotation to the apparent daily motion of stars and relate planetary apparent motion to relative orbits.

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• Explain how transects, quadrats, timed searches, and mark–recapture support population and community assessment
• Apply sampling design principles such as replication, randomization, and stratification to reduce bias
• Evaluate detectability, sample effort, and potential biases when interpreting field data+ Show more

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• Interpret patterns in data using graphs and tables, focusing on direction, spread, and outliers.
• Choose appropriate axes, scales, and labels to align claims with evidence.
• Evaluate statements about data representation tools using accurate reasoning.

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• Distinguish intermolecular forces from intramolecular (bond) forces
• Explain how dipole-dipole interactions, hydrogen bonding, and London dispersion affect physical properties
• Use molecular polarity and intermolecular force strength to predict boiling point, viscosity, and solubility trends

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• Explain what a pure substance is and how mixtures differ by containing more than one substance
• Describe how the properties of mixtures relate to the properties of their component substances
• Distinguish between uniform (homogeneous) and nonuniform (heterogeneous) mixtures using everyday examples+ Show more

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• Explain the three phases of the Calvin cycle: carbon fixation, reduction, and regeneration.
• Describe the role of RuBisCO and how it influences whether carbon is fixed or photorespiration occurs.
• Connect ATP and NADPH requirements to the production of triose phosphates.+ Show more

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• Explain how predator-prey interactions create population feedback loops in ecosystems.
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to predict how changes in predator or prey populations affect other species.
• Identify the main idea of short ecological paragraphs and match them to appropriate captions.+ Show more

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• Interpret uncertainty on graphs using error bars, ranges, and spread
• Use basic statistics (mean, variability, correlation) to describe data trends
• Connect measurement uncertainty to evidence for or against differences between groups

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• Explain how proportional reasoning and dimensional similarity help scale models across spatial and temporal contexts
• Use scaling relationships (including exponents) to predict how measurable quantities change with size or time
• Identify when scale-dependent effects and nonlinearity limit the applicability of simple proportional models

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• Describe the three main modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation.
• Identify examples of energy transfer in everyday environments.
• Distinguish between conduction, convection, and radiation based on their mechanisms.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of gravitational fields as long-range forces producing central accelerations.
• Define gravitational potential and potential energy in two-body systems.
• Analyze how field strength varies with distance from mass sources.+ Show more

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• Identify the basic subatomic particles that make up atoms.
• Explain how the number of protons determines an element.
• Describe the structure of an atom, including nucleus and electron shells.+ Show more

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• Understand the role of oral histories and place-based knowledge in ecological understanding.
• Identify examples of stewardship and land-use practices from Indigenous communities in Alberta.
• Recognize the importance of integrating different knowledge systems for interpreting environmental patterns.+ Show more

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• Explain how diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion, and active transport move substances across cell membranes
• Describe how membrane proteins and the phospholipid bilayer create selective permeability and directional movement
• Analyze how concentration gradients and ion gradients (stored by pumps) support nutrient uptake and nerve signaling

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• Explain how solar and lunar eclipses happen using Earth–Moon–Sun alignment and the ideas of umbra and penumbra
• Distinguish how the geometry of eclipses affects what people can see and how often eclipses occur
• Describe tides as a result of the Moon’s and Sun’s differential gravitational pull on Earth’s oceans+ Show more

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• Understand the relationship between wave speed, frequency, and wavelength.
• Explain how changes in frequency affect wavelength in a given medium.
• Connect wave properties to real-world examples of wave behavior.

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• Understand how material properties affect their suitability for different filtration applications.
• Learn about the factors influencing the effectiveness of water filters.
• Identify key characteristics such as membrane thickness, pore size, and durability in filtration design.

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• Explain the differences between random, stratified, and systematic sampling
• Choose an appropriate sampling method for a real-world science situation
• Describe how sample size and spatial distribution affect the strength of conclusions

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• Understand the concept of work as the dot product of force and displacement
• Learn how the cosine of the angle between force and displacement affects work
• Differentiate methods for calculating work with constant and variable forces+ Show more

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• Explain the fundamental concept of the conservation principle in chemistry.
• Describe how mass and element conservation are represented in chemical reactions.
• Connect the law of conservation to practical applications such as mass accounting and environmental monitoring.+ Show more

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• Explain the key features of ocean circulation and their effects on climate.
• Describe how surface currents and deep thermohaline flows are driven.
• Identify features such as gyres, upwelling zones, and boundary currents and their influence.+ Show more

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• Understand natural and human causes of climate change.
• Interpret climate data and temperature trends over decades.
• Learn how climate change affects ecosystems and resources.+ Show more

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• Explain how erosion and transport reshape Earth’s surface through water, wind, ice, and gravity
• Describe how weathering and sorting of sediments create identifiable landforms and depositional clues
• Interpret geological evidence (stratigraphy, landform patterns, elevation, and slope) to link surface change to deep Earth processes

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• Understand the basic mechanisms that cause evolutionary change
• Identify the roles of mutation, natural selection, genetic drift, and gene flow
• Recognize how these processes influence genetic diversity in populations

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• Explain how tectonic plate movements influence surface landforms and geological processes.
• Identify key features resulting from plate interactions, such as mountain ranges and sedimentary basins.
• Describe the link between deep Earth processes and surface environmental changes.

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• Explain how heat transfer occurs due to temperature differences between a system and its surroundings
• Describe how work transfers energy through forces acting over a distance
• Distinguish physical and chemical changes by tracking how energy enters or leaves the system

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• Identify the roles of sources, conductors, loads, and control elements in an electric circuit
• Use schematic symbols to interpret how components are connected in simple circuits
• Explain how circuit continuity changes when a switch is open or closed+ Show more

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• Explain how weathering, transport, deposition, and lithification form sedimentary rocks.
• Compare mechanical vs. chemical weathering and describe how each produces different sediment materials.
• Describe how depositional environments (deltas, beaches, floodplains) can create distinct sedimentary structures and fossils.