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• Use proportional reasoning to connect voltage, current, and resistance in simple circuits.
• Predict how changing resistance affects current when voltage stays constant.
• Apply proportional relationships to compare circuit behavior in series and parallel arrangements.+ Show more

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• Explain how roles, shared documentation, and versioning improve teamwork in science investigations
• Use evidence-based critique to resolve conflicting observations during group work
• Apply peer review and standardized reporting templates to make results transparent and reproducible+ Show more

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• Explain how density differences and buoyancy drive convective heat transfer in fluids.
• Describe how convection produces circulation cells in air and water and identify real-world examples.
• Compare convection at different scales, from small boundary layers to large atmospheric circulation.+ Show more

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• Explain how porosity and permeability affect groundwater storage and movement through aquifers.
• Distinguish between confined and unconfined aquifers and relate them to hydraulic head and water table concepts.
• Describe recharge and discharge zones and connect groundwater flow to baseflow and well yield.+ Show more

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• Explain how advection, dispersion, and diffusion move contaminants through surface and subsurface water
• Describe how sorption and biodegradation/biogeochemical reactions affect contaminant fate and attenuation
• Interpret how contaminant plumes form and migrate in aquifers, including preferential flow paths+ Show more

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• Describe the major reservoirs of Earth’s water and compare the relative amounts of freshwater and saline water.
• Explain how climate, topography, and geology influence where water is stored and how accessible it is for human use.
• Interpret how uneven freshwater distribution can affect water security and require regional cooperation.

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• Explain how stream stage measurements can be converted into discharge using rating curves and stage–discharge relations
• Identify common instruments used to measure water quantity and water quality (e.g., flow meters, conductivity/turbidity sensors, dissolved oxygen probes, piezometers)
• Interpret hydrographs and time series data to discuss baseflow separation and trend detection

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• Explain key concepts of integrated water resources management, including allocation, supply planning, and governance.
• Describe how monitoring and adaptive management support decision-making in water systems.
• Analyze trade-offs among municipal, agricultural, and ecological water demands.

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• Explain how surface water and groundwater exchange occurs along streams through gaining and losing reaches and baseflow.
• Analyze how permeability, hydraulic gradients, and recharge zones influence exchange rates.
• Describe how river stage and seasonal variability change exchange and affect nutrient cycling, contaminant transfer, and habitats.

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• Explain the purpose of major drinking-water and wastewater treatment stages (coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection).
• Describe how treatment processes remove suspended solids, pathogens, and dissolved contaminants.
• Compare tertiary approaches such as biological nutrient removal and engineered wetlands.+ Show more

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• Explain Pascal's principle and how pressure in a confined fluid is transmitted.
• Use the pressure idea to relate piston areas to force multiplication in hydraulic systems.
• Identify real-world hydraulic applications and describe key limitations (compressibility, seals, leaks).

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• Use the VSEPR model to predict the three-dimensional shapes of molecules from bonding pairs and lone pairs.
• Relate molecular geometry to molecular polarity and dipole moments.
• Connect intermolecular forces to macroscopic properties such as boiling point and solubility.

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• Define independent variable, dependent variable, and controlled (fixed) variables in a science investigation.
• Explain why keeping background conditions consistent makes experimental results more reliable.
• Identify which variable should be changed and which variables should be kept the same in an experiment plan.

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• Explain how the plasma membrane functions as a selectively permeable barrier
• Compare passive transport (diffusion and osmosis) with active transport
• Describe how membrane proteins (channels, pumps, carriers, and receptors) support cellular transport and communication

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• Explain how insulin and glucagon regulate blood glucose during feeding and fasting
• Describe how the liver, muscle, and adipose tissues respond to pancreatic hormones
• Use hormone feedback logic to predict what happens to blood glucose under changing conditions+ Show more

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• Explain how a limiting reactant determines the maximum amount of product in a chemical reaction.
• Calculate theoretical yield using balanced mole ratios and molar masses.
• Compare theoretical and actual yield using percent yield, and interpret efficiency.+ Show more

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• Explain how animals in groups can find food more successfully than alone
• Describe examples of cooperative foraging using signals or coordinated movement
• Use scientific words such as forage, signal, and coordinated to answer questions+ Show more

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• Explain how balanced forces produce a net force of zero and do not change an object’s motion
• Use the net force idea to predict changes in direction and speed when forces are unbalanced
• Distinguish between balanced and unbalanced forces in real-world push-and-pull situations

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• Explain how evolution changes allele frequencies in populations across generations
• Describe the main mechanisms of evolutionary change (natural selection, mutation, genetic drift, and gene flow)
• Use evidence such as fossils, comparative anatomy, biogeography, and molecular data to support evolutionary relationships

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• Explain how animals form groups (flocks, herds, schools, or colonies) to improve survival.
• Describe how group behavior can reduce individual risk during threats.
• Use evidence from a short passage to identify main ideas about group survival behaviors.

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• Explain how friction acts as a force that can oppose motion between surfaces.
• Use friction in a simple force model to predict changes in speed (slowing down or stopping).
• Distinguish balanced versus unbalanced forces when friction is present.+ Show more

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• Explain matter conservation using particle reasoning (particles are rearranged, not created or destroyed).
• Describe how heating, cooling, and mixing can change a substance’s appearance, temperature, or physical state while conserving total matter.
• Use the idea of weight/mass conservation to make and test claims about changes in sealed or tracked systems.

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• Explain how mixing and dissolving can form a uniform solution while conserving total mass.
• Use particle reasoning to describe what happens to solute particles in a solvent.
• Identify observable properties of mixtures and solutions and predict outcomes for different combinations.

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• Compare divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries and the key geological processes at each.
• Explain how plate boundary type influences earthquakes, volcanism, and crustal deformation.
• Identify major landforms associated with plate boundary interactions and interpret regional patterns over geologic time.

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• Explain how wind-driven surface currents and density-driven thermohaline circulation redistribute heat in the ocean.
• Describe how ocean circulation features such as gyres, upwelling, and boundary currents influence regional climate and ecosystems.
• Analyze how changes in ocean circulation can interact with the atmosphere and affect weather and climate feedbacks.

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• Explain how plate convergence and continental collision can fold, fault, and uplift Earth’s crust to form mountain ranges.
• Identify key processes involved in orogeny, including thrust faulting, crustal shortening, magmatic intrusion, and isostatic rebound.
• Use evidence from rock types, structures, and timing to interpret tectonic history and past plate motions.+ Show more

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• Explain how different tissue types work together to form an organ with specialized functions.
• Describe how an organ’s structure supports its role in transport, mechanical work, or chemistry.
• Use text evidence to identify main ideas and evaluate statements about tissue interactions.

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• Explain how greenhouse gases influence Earth’s energy balance using the concept of outgoing longwave radiation and radiative forcing.
• Describe how both natural and human sources affect greenhouse gas concentrations over time.
• Analyze how climate responses can be influenced by interactions with clouds and surface properties.

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• Explain how solar and lunar eclipses occur using the relative positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon.
• Describe how orbital inclination and nodes affect how often eclipses happen and where totality can be seen.
• Use eclipse geometry to make reasoned claims about shadow type (umbra vs. penumbra) and viewing conditions.

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• Explain how actin and myosin interact to produce muscle contraction
• Describe the role of ATP and calcium ions in regulating contraction
• Relate sarcomere structure to the strength and speed of muscle movement+ Show more

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• Explain how cell membranes maintain selective permeability to control exchange between the cell and its environment
• Describe the roles of membrane proteins (channels and pumps) and vesicular transport in moving substances
• Connect membrane structure and tissue-level function to processes such as nutrient uptake, waste removal, and cell communication

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• Explain how ice cores, marine sediments, and terrestrial proxies can be used to reconstruct past atmospheric carbon conditions.
• Interpret how isotope ratios and trapped gases provide evidence for changes in greenhouse gases over time.
• Compare natural carbon-climate variability with recent anthropogenic increases using proxy and instrumental records.

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• Explain how changes in albedo can amplify or damp climate warming
• Describe at least two real-world mechanisms that cause albedo feedback
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to connect surface changes to temperature change+ Show more

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• Explain how diffusion is used in gas exchange between an organism and its environment
• Identify how structure (surface area, thin/wet surfaces, and air spaces) supports rapid oxygen and carbon dioxide transfer
• Compare gas exchange in lungs (alveoli) and leaves (stomata and spongy mesophyll) using structure–function principles

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• Describe the hierarchy of cell organization from cells to organ systems
• Explain how similar cells form tissues with shared functions
• Connect how tissues combine to form organs and how organs work within systems

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• Explain that a star’s apparent brightness depends mainly on its distance from Earth.
• Describe how light spreading out affects how bright a star looks from Earth.
• Use evidence from observations to argue why some nearby objects appear brighter than distant ones.

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• Explain how friction depends on surface type and normal force and how it affects motion and acceleration
• Describe how fluid drag depends on speed, shape, and fluid properties
• Use qualitative reasoning to predict how increasing resistive forces changes acceleration and steady motion

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• Explain how net force and mass affect acceleration using qualitative proportional reasoning.
• Identify which changes (doubling net force or tripling mass) increase or decrease an object's change in motion.
• Use evidence from real-world examples (such as pushing carts with different loads) to support force-and-motion claims.+ Show more

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• Explain how slope on a distance-time graph relates to speed and how flat segments represent rest.
• Calculate average speed using distance and time intervals from points on a distance-time graph.
• Interpret curved segments to describe changing speed and acceleration in motion.

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• Explain how collisions transfer and transform energy between objects.
• Distinguish elastic collisions from inelastic collisions in terms of kinetic and mechanical energy.
• Use momentum and energy ideas to predict what happens during collisions.

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• Explain the water cycle using key processes such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
• Describe how energy from the Sun and gravity drive movement of water through Earth systems.
• Use a water cycle model to predict where water will move next.

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• Explain how conservation of mass applies to closed systems during chemical reactions.
• Use measurements before and after a reaction to account for mass changes in sealed setups.
• Interpret observations from traps or sealed containers to distinguish environmental loss from conservation.+ Show more

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• Explain the conservation of mass in terms of atoms and a closed system.
• Use balanced chemical equations to predict that mass is conserved.
• Connect mass, moles, and particle counts to verify mass relationships in reactions.+ Show more

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• Explain how conservation of mass applies to closed vs. open systems
• Use conservation ideas to interpret apparent mass changes caused by gas escape or mass transfer
• Connect measured masses to balanced chemical equations using moles and molar mass

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• Identify biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem and describe how they interact
• Explain the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in cycling energy and matter
• Use evidence from ecosystem conditions (sunlight, water, soil, temperature) to predict where organisms can live+ Show more

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• Explain how climate variation and change affect temperature, precipitation, and extreme events
• Describe how climate-driven changes can shift species ranges and alter life-cycle timing
• Analyze how mismatches between species interactions can reduce reproductive success+ Show more

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• Explain how abiotic factors (light, temperature, water, soil, and nutrients) affect where organisms live and how well they function.
• Describe how seasonal and microhabitat changes create different niches within the same ecosystem.
• Analyze how changes in abiotic conditions can shift community composition and ecosystem function over time.

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• Explain how solution development links each design feature to a specific criterion it is meant to satisfy.
• Identify how different structures and materials can help meet constraints in a design challenge.
• Compare possible solution ideas using the same criteria and constraints.+ Show more