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• Explain how detachment, transport, and deposition work together in erosion dynamics.
• Compare how water, ice, wind, and gravity drive landscape change.
• Analyze how climate, vegetation, and tectonic uplift influence erosion rates and sediment records.

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• Explain what criteria for success are and why they matter in science investigations and engineering design
• Identify measurable or observable targets that could be used to judge whether a solution works
• Use evidence and results to compare improvements against the same criteria over multiple trials

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• Identify physical and chemical properties used to select materials for specific applications
• Explain how chemical stability and corrosion resistance affect a material’s suitability
• Use property information (e.g., density, strength, melting point, solubility, reactivity) to justify material choices+ Show more

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• Explain how the conservation of mass is tested using mass measurements of reactants and products in a closed system.
• Use careful measurement and correct system boundaries to account for gases and dissolved substances.
• Describe how precision and control of experimental conditions affect observed mass changes.

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• Use particle models to distinguish physical changes from chemical reactions
• Explain how conservation of atoms supports particle-model explanations of matter changes
• Connect observable evidence of change (like new substances) to what particles do during reactions

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• Define chemical properties and explain how they help predict chemical reactions.
• Identify observable evidence (gas, color change, temperature change, or pH change) that indicates chemical reactions.
• Differentiate reactivity with acids/bases, flammability, oxidation tendency, and pH behavior as chemical properties.

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• Differentiate physical, chemical, and biological weathering processes at Earth’s surface
• Explain how freeze-thaw cycles, thermal expansion, oxidation, hydrolysis, and dissolution affect rocks and minerals
• Describe how soil formation and climate influence weathering rates and landscape change+ Show more

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• Explain how magma composition affects the shape and behavior of volcanoes.
• Describe how eruption style and tectonic setting influence volcanic landforms and deposits.
• Connect volcanic activity to changes in local topography and the formation of volcanic soils.

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• Explain how weathering, transport, deposition, and lithification work together to form sedimentary rocks.
• Compare mechanical and chemical weathering and describe how each contributes to sediment production.
• Interpret how depositional environments influence bedding, fossils, and sedimentary structures.+ Show more

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• Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic based on their formation and textures.
• Use observable evidence such as grain size, mineral composition, and structures to infer rock type.
• Explain how tectonic processes and Earth’s changing conditions can transform rocks over time.

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• Identify evidence that suggests a chemical change may occur when materials are mixed
• Compare the properties of a new product to the expected properties of the starting materials
• Use observations like color, texture, and heat to explain how mixing can create new substances+ Show more

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• Explain how heat, pressure, and chemically active fluids change rocks during metamorphism without complete melting
• Compare contact metamorphism and regional metamorphism and predict resulting rock textures
• Describe how metamorphic reactions and index minerals help identify metamorphic grade+ Show more

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• Explain how magma is generated through decompression, volatile addition, and heat transfer
• Describe how cooling rate influences igneous texture and the difference between intrusive and extrusive rocks
• Compare how fractional crystallization and magma mixing change magma composition+ Show more

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• Explain how erosion detaches sediment and how transport moves sediment by water, wind, ice, and gravity
• Describe how transport energy and distance affect grain size and sorting in sedimentary records
• Interpret landscape history using clues such as graded bedding, till, moraines, loess, and dunes

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• Explain how accumulated tectonic stress leads to earthquakes along faults
• Compare normal, reverse, and strike-slip fault motion and how each reflects stress regimes
• Describe how earthquake magnitude, depth, and local geology affect shaking and seismic intensity+ Show more

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• Explain what a design problem is by identifying the need, the goal, and the limits of a design
• Use evidence and measurable outcomes to describe how engineering designs are improved
• Distinguish between a broad idea and a clear problem statement with constraints

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• Explain how surface area and volume affect the ability of cells to exchange materials.
• Describe how increasing surface area-to-volume ratio improves diffusion and transport.
• Identify examples of structural adaptations that increase exchange surfaces in cells and organisms.

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• Explain how specialized cell structures help cells perform specific functions in the body
• Match common specialized cells (red blood cells, neurons, root hair cells) to their main roles
• Describe how cell specialization supports tissue and organ function in organisms+ Show more

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• Distinguish between endothermic and exothermic reactions using enthalpy (ΔH) and energy flow.
• Explain how reaction enthalpy relates to bonds broken and bonds formed, including qualitative predictions of heat release/absorption.
• Calculate and interpret reaction enthalpy using standard enthalpies of formation and Hess’s law concepts.

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• Explain the roles of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in transferring energy in plants
• Use vocabulary correctly to describe gas exchange and energy conversion
• Identify the main idea of scientific paragraphs and choose supporting concepts

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• Explain how the evolutionary synthesis integrates evidence from fossils, anatomy, development, and molecular data.
• Describe how natural selection, genetic drift, and gene flow contribute to changes in populations.
• Use examples such as island finch divergence and transitional fossils to support claims about common ancestry and speciation.

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• Explain how diffusion and osmosis are passive transport processes driven by concentration differences.
• Describe how a semipermeable membrane affects the movement of water in osmosis.
• Predict how environmental factors (temperature, surface area, concentration gradient) can change the rate of diffusion and osmosis.+ Show more

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• Explain how chloroplasts capture light energy and convert it into chemical energy during photosynthesis
• Describe the roles of thylakoid membranes and the stroma in the light reactions and Calvin cycle
• Connect how carbon dioxide is fixed into sugars and how stored starch supports cellular energy needs+ Show more

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• Explain how producers capture energy through photosynthesis and form the base of energy pyramids.
• Distinguish between primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers based on what they eat.
• Describe why energy transfer between trophic levels is inefficient and how this limits population sizes.+ Show more

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• Explain how competition, predation, and mutualism affect population sizes and community composition.
• Describe how niches and resource use influence whether species coexist or face competitive exclusion.
• Use evidence from scenarios to identify interaction types and predict possible outcomes.

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• Explain how weathering produces sediments that can be transported by water, wind, ice, and gravity.
• Describe the processes of erosion, transport, and deposition and how they build sedimentary basins.
• Connect sediment compaction and diagenesis to the formation of sedimentary rocks and preserved environmental signals.+ Show more

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• Explain how invasive species spread beyond their native range and why they can outcompete native organisms.
• Describe ecological consequences of invasive species, including impacts on food webs, energy flow, and nutrient cycles.
• Evaluate how long-term changes in ecosystems can result from invasive species becoming established.

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• Explain how habitat fragmentation divides ecosystems into isolated patches and how this affects species interactions and populations.
• Describe edge effects and their impacts on microclimate, predation risk, and invasive species.
• Evaluate how connectivity (corridors and gene flow) can reduce extinction risk and support ecosystem resilience.

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• Explain how energy flows through producers, consumers, and decomposers in a food web
• Describe how food webs are more resilient than simple food chains due to redundancy and alternative pathways
• Predict how changes to one species can cascade through multiple relationships in an ecosystem+ Show more

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• Identify biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem and explain how they interact
• Describe how energy enters an ecosystem through primary producers and moves through food relationships
• Use ecosystem vocabulary (e.g., producer, consumer, decomposer, sunlight, water, soil) to explain ecosystem structure and function

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• Explain how disturbances such as fire, flood, landslides, and windthrow change habitats and affect populations.
• Describe how frequency, intensity, and spatial scale influence whether disturbances increase diversity or cause declines.
• Identify examples of species responses to disturbance regimes, including rapid rebound and local extirpation.+ Show more

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• Explain how conservation strategies such as protected areas, habitat restoration, invasive species control, and sustainable harvesting reduce human impacts.
• Use ecological ideas (food webs, population dynamics, and abiotic constraints) to predict why conservation actions help ecosystems.
• Evaluate and propose conservation strategies using adaptive monitoring and evidence-based decision-making.

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• Explain how elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus move among the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere
• Describe the roles of weathering, biological uptake, decomposition, and sedimentation in shaping biogeochemical cycles
• Evaluate how human activities change cycle rates and reservoirs and discuss natural feedbacks+ Show more

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• Identify and describe major types of biotic interactions (predation, competition, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism).
• Explain how changes to one species can affect other species and community structure.
• Use evidence from scenarios to determine the type and direction of benefit or harm in an interaction.

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• Explain how trophic interactions (predation, herbivory, parasitism, competition, and mutualism) affect populations in an ecosystem
• Use evidence from scenarios to identify the type of trophic interaction and predict its likely impact
• Describe how energy and matter flow through ecological networks using food-chain and food-web ideas

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• Explain how decomposers break down dead organisms and waste into simpler materials in the environment.
• Describe how nutrient recycling supports plant growth and connects living generations through matter movement.
• Use evidence from a text to identify main ideas about decomposition and recycling.

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• Explain how human activities can change habitats, nutrient cycles, and energy pathways in ecosystems.
• Describe how pollution and invasive species can affect organism health, reproduction, and biodiversity.
• Evaluate ecosystem services that may be reduced by human impacts, such as water filtration and pollination.

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• Explain what a food web shows about energy flow and feeding relationships in an ecosystem.
• Describe how changes to one species can cascade through a food web.
• Use food-web vocabulary (producer, consumer, predator, prey, decomposer) to interpret relationships.+ Show more

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• Distinguish biotic components from abiotic factors in an ecosystem
• Explain how abiotic conditions (sunlight, water, soil, temperature, minerals) affect organisms
• Describe how interactions among biotic components influence growth, survival, and reproduction+ Show more

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• Explain how decomposers (fungi, bacteria, and detritivores) break down dead organic matter and return nutrients to ecosystems.
• Describe how environmental conditions (temperature, moisture, and oxygen) affect the rate of decomposition and nutrient cycling.
• Connect decomposition to nutrient availability for plants and to long-term ecosystem balance.

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• Identify physical properties of matter such as mass, volume, density, conductivity, melting point, and hardness
• Explain how physical changes differ from chemical changes using evidence from physical property observations
• Use measurements and descriptions to classify and compare materials based on physical properties

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• Explain how the fossil record preserves evidence of organisms over geological time
• Use stratigraphic context and radiometric dating concepts to place fossils in temporal order
• Differentiate between gradual change and abrupt change in evolutionary lineages using fossil evidence+ Show more

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• Explain how the geologic time scale organizes Earth history into intervals based on major events and fossil assemblages.
• Use relative dating principles (stratigraphic superposition and fossil succession) to determine the sequence of rock layers and events.
• Connect radiometric dating to absolute ages and interpret how rates of deposition, erosion, and tectonic uplift shape landscapes over geologic time.

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• Explain how balanced chemical equations and mole ratios connect reactant amounts to product amounts.
• Use molar mass to convert between mass (grams) and amount of substance (moles).
• Apply conservation of mass reasoning to interpret why atoms are conserved in chemical reactions.

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• Explain how igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks connect through rock-cycle processes.
• Identify surface and subsurface processes that transform rocks over geologic time.
• Use rock-cycle vocabulary (weathering, erosion, deposition, burial, heat/pressure, melting, crystallization).

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• Explain how speakers, microphones, and cameras use wave interactions to transfer energy and information
• Describe how wave frequency and intensity affect device performance and fidelity
• Compare how sound waves and light waves are converted into electrical signals in technology

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• Explain how radiometric dating uses parent and daughter isotopes to determine absolute ages.
• Describe how half-life and isotope systematics (e.g., uranium–lead, potassium–argon, carbon-14) determine what materials can be dated.
• Evaluate why closure temperature and analytical uncertainty affect whether a radiometric “clock” records formation or later events.+ Show more

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• Explain how photosynthesis and respiration move carbon between living things and the atmosphere
• Describe how plants, animals, and decomposers exchange gases to support life processes
• Use evidence from simple diagrams and statements to distinguish between photosynthesis and respiration