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• Explain how scientists use measurements to compare properties of matter.
• Identify what mass, volume, temperature, and size measurements describe.
• Use appropriate units and measurement tools to support fair comparisons.

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• Explain how waves can be reflected, refracted, transmitted, or absorbed when interacting with matter.
• Relate wave-matter interactions to energy transfer and observable effects such as heating.
• Analyze how material properties and wave frequency influence how much energy a material absorbs or blocks.

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• Explain how multiple forces combine to produce a net force and how net force direction relates to acceleration.
• Distinguish between balanced and unbalanced forces and predict motion when forces cancel or dominate.
• Use real-world examples (weight and friction) to connect force patterns to changes in velocity.

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• Identify Earth’s major systems (lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere) and describe how they interact
• Explain how energy from the Sun drives cycles that move water, gases, and heat
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to predict how changes in one Earth system affect others over different timescales

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• Differentiate negative feedback and positive feedback in feedback control loops
• Explain how sensors, controllers, and effectors work together to maintain or change internal conditions
• Use real-world examples to predict whether a feedback loop will stabilize or amplify a change

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• Explain how the respiratory system exchanges gases using diffusion and gas concentration differences.
• Describe how the digestive system breaks food into smaller molecules that can enter the bloodstream.
• Connect coordinated respiration and digestion to energy release in cells and proper waste removal.

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• Explain conservation of mass in chemical reactions using atomic rearrangement and electron reorganization
• Use stoichiometric reasoning to connect balanced chemical equations with measured reactant and product amounts
• Distinguish between atoms being conserved and molecules being rearranged when reactions occur

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• Explain how scientific inquiry uses observations and questions as starting points
• Use evidence from measurements or data to support an explanation
• Describe how scientists revise ideas when new evidence does not match

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• Explain how models represent relationships among variables to predict system behavior before building prototypes.
• Compare multiple solution approaches by analyzing assumptions, calculations, and simulation results against constraints and criteria.
• Identify common limitations and failure modes of models and describe how to refine models using new evidence.

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• Explain how iterative testing uses results to refine a design over multiple versions.
• Analyze how observed outcomes can reveal specific design causes (e.g., structural weakness, instability, or losses).
• Evaluate how each iteration reduces uncertainty and improves reliability under realistic conditions.+ Show more

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• Explain how energy technologies affect emissions, resource use, and reliability across an entire system.
• Use engineering criteria (efficiency, cost, safety, and environmental impacts) to evaluate energy design choices.
• Interpret how storage and smart-grid controls change demand timing and grid stability.+ Show more

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• Explain how matter cycles through living and non-living parts of an ecosystem instead of being used up
• Use a cycles of matter model to describe reservoirs (air, soil, water, organisms) and flows (feeding, respiration, decomposition, runoff)
• Describe how carbon and water move among organisms and the environment

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• Explain how temperature influences reaction rates through the distribution of molecular kinetic energies.
• Describe the role of activation energy in determining whether collisions lead to product formation.
• Connect microscopic collision energetics to macroscopic observations of rate changes with temperature.+ Show more

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• Explain how competition happens when organisms need limited resources.
• Identify traits and timing that can affect which organisms get resources.
• Describe how competition can change population sizes and community composition over time.

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• Describe how cells, tissues, organs, and body systems are organized from smaller to larger structures.
• Explain how the structure of an organ or system helps it perform a specific function.
• Predict how changes in one level of organization can affect overall body system performance.

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• Explain how erosion and deposition reshape Earth’s surface using the roles of water, wind, ice, and gravity.
• Describe how factors such as slope, rock resistance, vegetation, and water flow strength affect the rate and pattern of erosion.
• Differentiate the environments where erosion and deposition commonly form features such as river valleys, deltas, dunes, and coastal beaches.

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• Explain how the mass defect in nuclear reactions relates to binding energy and the energy released or absorbed.
• Apply conservation of particles (nucleons and charge) to describe nuclear fission, fusion, and decay chains.
• Describe how radiation carries away energy and how that connects nuclear structure to observable effects.

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• Differentiate ionic and covalent bonding based on electron movement or electron sharing
• Predict how bonding type affects properties such as melting point, electrical conductivity, brittleness, and solubility
• Use atomic structure ideas (valence electrons, charge, and electron distribution) to explain material behavior

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• Explain how dipole-dipole interactions, hydrogen bonding, and London dispersion forces arise between molecules
• Predict how intermolecular forces affect boiling points, viscosity, and phase changes
• Compare substances with similar formulas to justify differences in polar solubility and required energy to separate molecules

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• Explain how matter and energy move among Earth’s geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
• Use cause-and-effect and systems thinking to predict how changes in one Earth system can propagate to others.
• Describe how erosion, sediment transport, rainfall, and biological processes influence Earth’s surface and cycles.

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• Explain how gravitational force depends on mass and distance
• Use Newton’s law of gravitation to predict how acceleration changes with separation
• Describe orbital motion as continual free-fall with changing direction+ Show more

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• Differentiate weather from climate using examples from temperature, precipitation, wind, and cloud cover.
• Explain why weather changes quickly while climate describes long-term patterns.
• Use observations from days and months to identify recurring patterns that define local climate.

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• Explain how wave speed relates frequency and wavelength using the relationship v = fλ.
• Use frequency and wavelength information to predict how changes affect wave behavior.
• Apply wave concepts to real contexts such as electromagnetic waves and sound waves.

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• Explain how the total energy of a closed system is conserved even when energy changes forms or moves.
• Describe how heat transfer and work relate to changes in temperature, motion, and stored energy.
• Use energy accounting (before/after) to predict outcomes of interactions such as collisions and warming or cooling.

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• Interpret information presented in graphs and tables by describing trends, spread, and outliers.
• Select and explain appropriate axis labels, scales, and units to support valid comparisons.
• Use reasoning from data representations to determine what conclusions are supported.

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• Explain how information can be encoded into digitized electromagnetic signals using controlled changes in signal properties.
• Use evidence-based reasoning to relate measurable wave behaviors (frequency content, modulation, propagation effects) to transmitted digital information.
• Compare how different modulation approaches affect how a receiver reconstructs bits from an electromagnetic wave.

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• Differentiate between criteria and constraints in the design process
• Use criteria and constraints to interpret test evidence
• Apply criteria and constraints to propose or evaluate a solution

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• Explain how prototypes provide evidence to test whether a design meets success criteria.
• Use data from prototype tests to determine if a solution needs refinement or redesign.
• Match evidence to specific criteria (e.g., accuracy, strength under load, temperature change, contaminant reduction).+ Show more

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• Explain how reflection, refraction, interference, and absorption affect electromagnetic radiation in devices.
• Analyze how wavelength and wave behavior influence imaging resolution and sensor detection.
• Apply wave-interaction concepts to justify design choices in communication and measurement systems.

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• Describe the steps in a design cycle for solving an engineering problem.
• Use constraints and criteria to evaluate and improve a prototype.
• Explain how evidence from testing leads to redesign.

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• Explain how diagrams and data summaries help communicate design decisions and results.
• Use reasoning to connect test outcomes to specific design choices, including trade-offs.
• Interpret and evaluate communication elements such as labels, criteria, uncertainty, and variations.

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• Explain how a design problem starts with a clear need and measurable requirements.
• Identify common design inputs such as sketches, dimensions, performance goals, and constraints.
• Use criteria to choose and justify an effective solution in a design context.

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• Explain how energy flows through food chains in one direction and decreases at each trophic level.
• Describe how matter cycles through biological systems by rearranging atoms during processes like photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
• Use evidence such as trophic relationships and biomass changes to interpret energy transfer and matter cycling.

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• Explain how frequency, wavelength, and amplitude describe different aspects of a wave.
• Use the relationship between frequency, wavelength, and wave speed to predict how changing one parameter affects another.
• Connect wave parameter descriptions to interpretations of real signals and experimental observations.

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• Explain how waves transfer energy and, in many cases, information without transporting matter overall
• Describe the relationships between frequency, wavelength, amplitude, and observable wave behavior
• Use wave property definitions to interpret wave effects in real-world contexts such as sound, sensors, and communication

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• Explain conservation of matter and how it applies to chemical reactions and balanced equations
• Use coefficients to match the number of atoms (or representative particles) of each element on both sides of an equation
• Identify and correct errors in unbalanced chemical equations using quantitative reasoning+ Show more

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• Explain how net force affects an object's change in velocity over time
• Distinguish balanced forces from unbalanced forces and predict the resulting motion
• Describe how friction, air resistance, and gravity influence motion near Earth

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• Explain how balanced and unbalanced forces affect an object’s motion and velocity.
• Use the idea of net force to predict changes in speed and direction.
• Relate the direction of net force to the direction of resulting acceleration.

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• Explain how distance and time relate to speed using motion data and appropriate reasoning
• Describe how changes in speed over time indicate acceleration and positive/negative trends
• Interpret distance–time and speed–time ideas to connect graphs and calculations

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• Explain how divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries reshape Earth’s surface.
• Describe how plate boundaries relate to earthquakes and volcanism.
• Interpret patterns in topography by connecting them to long-term tectonic processes.

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• Explain how evidence supports a scientific claim by describing what the evidence shows (patterns, ranges, or matches).
• Use scientific concepts to connect evidence to a cause-and-effect explanation.
• Compare competing explanations by evaluating which one is better supported by the available evidence.

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• Explain how Earth’s rotation causes predictable day and night.
• Describe how the Sun appears to move across the sky due to Earth’s turning.
• Use observations (sunrise, sunset, time of daylight) to support the day/night cycle explanation.

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• Explain how measurement tool resolution limits accuracy and precision
• Describe how repeated measurements are used to estimate uncertainty
• Interpret data displays that use ranges or error estimates to judge whether results are meaningful+ Show more

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• Explain how particle motion relates to gas temperature and pressure
• Describe how higher temperature affects collision frequency and force in a container
• Use particle ideas to interpret real-world temperature and pressure observations

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• Explain how observable evidence supports a claim in science investigations.
• Differentiate between a testable question and one that cannot be measured.
• Write or identify a hypothesis that can be supported or challenged with measurable data.+ Show more

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• Explain how genetic instructions determine observable traits (phenotypes).
• Use dominant and recessive patterns to predict why traits appear or skip generations.
• Identify evidence for heredity by relating organism relatedness, phenotypic similarity, and mutations to traits.

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• Differentiate a claim from evidence and reasoning in a scientific explanation.
• Use evidence to justify a mechanism instead of replacing the data with opinions.
• Compare alternative explanations by stating what the current evidence supports and rules out, and what new evidence could discriminate.+ Show more

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• Distinguish between endothermic and exothermic reactions using energy transfer and temperature evidence
• Explain energy changes using a particle and bonding model (kinetic energy, bond breaking, and bond forming)
• Predict whether a reaction is endothermic or exothermic based on observed temperature changes