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• Differentiate independent, dependent, and controlled variables and explain how each is used in an investigation.
• Identify constraints (such as time, equipment limits, and measurement boundaries) that shape how an experiment or comparison can be designed.
• Select operational definitions and justify variable choices to produce interpretable results under given constraints.+ Show more

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• Explain the roles of protons, neutrons, and electrons in determining atomic structure and identity.
• Use evidence from emission spectra and scattering experiments to support models of electron distribution.
• Connect quantum numbers and shell/subshell ideas to observable atomic properties.

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• Identify common types of simple machines and describe what kind of change they make to force or direction.
• Explain how levers, pulleys, and inclined planes can make work easier.
• Match simple machine vocabulary words with correct definitions.

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• Distinguish ionic, covalent, and metallic bonding using electron-transfer and electron-sharing models
• Use Lewis structures and basic bonding ideas to explain structure and observable properties (conductivity, melting point, solubility)
• Connect macroscopic material behaviors to microscopic bonding frameworks

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• Explain how the four quantum numbers (n, l, m_l, and m_s) describe an electron’s energy, shape, orientation, and spin.
• Use orbital diagrams and configuration shorthand to represent how electrons fill orbitals in increasing energy order.
• Connect electron configurations and orbital-level changes to periodic trends, chemical valence, and basic magnetic properties.

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• Explain endothermic and exothermic energy changes in chemical transformations.
• Connect bond breaking and bond formation energetics to overall reaction heat using qualitative enthalpy ideas.
• Describe how potential energy diagrams represent reaction energy changes and barriers.+ Show more

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• Define molecular geometry using electron-domain (VSEPR) models and identify how bonding and nonbonding domains affect shape.
• Use simple orbital hybridization ideas to predict 3D molecular arrangements and approximate bond angles.
• Relate molecular geometry to polarity and to intermolecular forces that influence macroscopic properties.

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• Explain how effective nuclear charge and electron shielding influence trends across periods and down groups in the periodic table
• Predict relative atomic radius, ionization energy, and electronegativity for elements based on their position
• Connect electron configurations and nuclear effects to macroscopic properties such as metallic character and acid–base behavior

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• Use the mole concept and molar mass to convert between grams and moles in chemical reactions
• Apply balanced chemical equations to perform mass-to-mass stoichiometric calculations using mole ratios
• Identify the limiting reagent and estimate theoretical yield from balanced equations+ Show more

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• Use balanced chemical equations and mole ratios to convert between mass, moles, and particle quantities.
• Identify the limiting reactant and determine theoretical yields in multi-step reaction problems.
• Convert solution concentration units (molarity and mass percent) to moles and vice versa for stoichiometric calculations.+ Show more

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• Interpret thermochemical representations, including energy changes and reaction stoichiometry.
• Calculate enthalpy changes using calorimetric energy accounting and reaction mole ratios.
• Apply Hess's law and bond enthalpy approximations to estimate reaction enthalpies.+ Show more

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• Explain how energy flows through trophic levels and how efficiency affects biomass distribution in ecosystems.
• Interpret food-web structure (e.g., trophic links and topology) to predict how species interactions shape ecosystem stability.
• Describe matter cycling by connecting nutrient reservoirs and biogeochemical fluxes to ecosystem processes.

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• Explain how Mendelian segregation and independent assortment lead to predictable inheritance patterns.
• Interpret pedigree, Punnett square, and allele-frequency information to predict trait transmission across generations.
• Describe how linkage and chromosomal inheritance can change expected Mendelian ratios.+ Show more

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• Explain how prophase I processes (homologous pairing and crossing-over) create genetic variation
• Describe how independent assortment and meiotic chromosomal segregation affect genotype outcomes
• Analyze how nondisjunction can lead to altered genotypes and phenotypes (including aneuploidy)+ Show more

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• Explain how membrane composition and protein transport mechanisms create electrochemical gradients and compartmentalization
• Compare diffusion, carrier-mediated transport, and vesicular trafficking using flux-rate and energetics ideas
• Interpret how selective permeability influences ion distribution and signal propagation

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• Explain how DNA stores genetic information and how replication fidelity preserves that information
• Describe how transcription and translation convert DNA sequence information into functional proteins
• Use the genetic code and messenger intermediates to connect molecular sequence changes to phenotypic outcomes+ Show more

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• Explain how current, voltage, resistance, and power relate in simple DC circuits using Ohm’s law and algebraic expressions.
• Analyze series and parallel resistor configurations to determine equivalent resistance and predict circuit behavior.
• Use energy bookkeeping to connect electrical power dissipation to energy transfer over time.

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• Distinguish uniform from non-uniform circular motion using speed, angular speed, and acceleration components
• Relate linear speed and angular speed using v = ωr and connect period to angular speed
• Use centripetal acceleration and centripetal force ideas to explain why curved motion requires radial acceleration+ Show more

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• Model gravitational and elastic potential energy and relate them to total mechanical energy.
• Use conservation of mechanical energy in isolated systems and account for nonconservative work.
• Explain power as the rate of energy transfer and interpret energy-transfer and power ideas using algebra and graphs.

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• Explain how an electric field describes the force per unit positive charge at a location
• Interpret electric field-line diagrams and relate them to charge sign and field strength
• Connect electric field ideas to potential energy changes and energy transfer+ Show more

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• Explain how forces act as interactions that can be described with vectors and represented using free-body diagrams
• Determine the net force on an object and predict motion using Newton’s three laws
• Distinguish between contact forces and field-mediated forces and connect forces to acceleration using algebraic relationships+ Show more

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• Define and relate amplitude, period, frequency, and phase for periodic motion.
• Explain simple harmonic motion using restoring-force ideas and linear (small-displacement) approximations.
• Describe how kinetic and potential energy exchange during one oscillation of a mass-spring system.

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• Distinguish transverse and longitudinal waves using amplitude, wavelength, frequency, and wave speed.
• Apply the relationship between wave speed, frequency, and wavelength to analyze wave behavior.
• Explain how reflection, refraction, and interference affect wave patterns and energy transfer.+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth’s global energy balance connects incoming solar radiation, reflected light, and outgoing infrared radiation.
• Interpret radiative forcing and relate it to changes in net radiation using simple energy budget models.
• Use albedo, radiative flux ideas, and feedback mechanisms to describe seasonal cycles and polar amplification.+ Show more

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• Analyze how geologic structures and processes control where mineral, water, and energy resources form and accumulate.
• Differentiate renewable and nonrenewable reservoirs and explain how extraction changes reservoir storage over time.
• Interpret quantitative ideas such as reserve quality, extraction rate/flux, and sustainability constraints using map and model information.

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• Explain how igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks form and transform across geologic time.
• Describe how plate tectonics controls metamorphism, magma generation, and sedimentation in different tectonic settings.
• Interpret stratigraphic columns and tectonic cross-sections to trace material pathways and reservoir residence times.+ Show more

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• Explain how satellite altimetry, tide gauges, and mass-budget estimates contribute to understanding sea-level variability.
• Distinguish major drivers of sea-level change, including thermal expansion, ice-sheet mass loss, and local subsidence.
• Use geological and geomorphic evidence to infer long-term coastal impacts over decades to millennia.+ Show more

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• Identify Earth system reservoirs and fluxes among the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.
• Explain how mass and energy exchanges can be represented using box-and-arrow models.
• Use key evidence and terminology to describe subsystem interactions and feedbacks.

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• Explain the roles of protons, neutrons, and electrons in determining atomic identity and charge
• Use emission spectra and mass spectrometry evidence to support quantized electron energy levels and isotopic variation
• Calculate atomic mass from isotopic abundances and interpret ions formed by electron changes+ Show more

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• Explain how effective nuclear charge and electron shielding drive periodic trends such as atomic radius and ionization energy.
• Use periodic trends to predict relative ion formation and electronegativity-based bonding tendencies across groups and periods.
• Connect electron configurations to predictable chemical behavior in simple inorganic compounds.

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• Explain how enthalpy changes relate to reaction heat and how calorimetry measurements connect to q = m c ΔT
• Use Hess’s law, bond enthalpies, and formation energies to calculate overall reaction enthalpy
• Interpret energy diagrams to distinguish endothermic and exothermic processes and predict qualitative spontaneity using entropy ideas

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• Apply Aufbau, Pauli exclusion, and Hund’s rules to determine electron configurations and orbital filling order.
• Connect electron configurations and valence electrons to expected bonding patterns and common oxidation states.
• Interpret how orbital shapes and nodal structure relate to subshell energy and probability distribution.+ Show more

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• Characterize dispersion, dipole–dipole, and hydrogen bonding interactions and explain how they affect boiling point, vapor pressure, and solubility.
• Use molecular polarity and intermolecular (surface) interactions to predict phase behavior and macroscopic trends.
• Interpret potential-energy curves and comparative property tables to justify how intermolecular forces influence cohesive versus adhesive tendencies.

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• Explain how moles, molar mass, and balanced chemical equations connect to quantitative composition and conservation of mass.
• Convert between mass, moles, and molecules using dimensional analysis and mole relationships.
• Use limiting reagent reasoning to determine the amount of product formed and interpret percent yield.+ Show more

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• Distinguish uniform vs. nonuniform circular motion using tangential and centripetal acceleration concepts
• Model required net forces by resolving forces into radial and tangential components
• Use polar-coordinate reasoning to connect acceleration direction with the changing direction of velocity

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• Explain how net force is determined by vector addition of all forces acting on an object, including direction.
• Predict motion changes (acceleration, deceleration, and equilibrium) from the net force and force direction.
• Apply friction and air resistance as opposing forces to analyze realistic Alberta scenarios.

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• Explain how coupled quantitative models connect variables across the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
• Use model structure and parameter sensitivity to interpret how changes affect multi-variable outcomes.
• Describe how uncertainty propagation (e.g., ensembles) improves the credibility of model projections.+ Show more

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• Use a water-budget framework to relate precipitation, evapotranspiration, runoff, infiltration, and storage changes to streamflow variability.
• Interpret discharge hydrographs and connect changing flow to surface and subsurface water fluxes.
• Explain how groundwater level records and human withdrawals affect aquifer sustainability indicators.

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• Explain how energy is transferred in the atmosphere and oceans through radiation, conduction, convection, and phase changes.
• Interpret global energy budget diagrams and flux tables to predict how differential heating drives circulation patterns.
• Connect energy partitioning to observable climate indicators such as surface temperature and sea surface temperature anomalies.

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• Analyze how waves, tides, and storm surge drive coastal erosion and sediment transport across a cross-shore profile.
• Use quantitative indicators (shoreline retreat rate and beach volume change) to describe shoreline response to sea-level change.
• Distinguish natural coastal process signals from impacts of human alterations and engineered structures.

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• Interpret spatial and temporal climate data to identify trends and anomalies in temperature, precipitation, and drought indices
• Use statistical reasoning concepts (trend vs. internal variability; signal-to-noise) to explain why changes may be hard to detect
• Compare observed climate patterns with plausible forcings (greenhouse gases and volcanic aerosols) to make evidence-based attribution claims+ Show more

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• Explain how glycolysis, the TCA (citric acid) cycle, and the electron transport chain connect to ATP production.
• Compare aerobic and anaerobic cellular outcomes using oxygen as the final electron acceptor and NAD+/NADH redox balance.
• Use reaction schemes and stoichiometry concepts to predict how substrate availability and enzyme regulation affect ATP yield.

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• Explain how allele frequencies change under selection, genetic drift, migration, and mutation.
• Use Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium as a null model to predict allele and genotype frequencies in the absence of evolutionary forces.
• Interpret how selection coefficients, effective population size, bottlenecks, and founder effects can shift allele frequencies over time.+ Show more

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• Explain how mitochondria, chloroplasts, endoplasmic reticulum, and lysosomes contribute to cellular maintenance and metabolism
• Connect organelle structure (cristae, thylakoid stacks, folded membranes) to specific functional outcomes such as ATP synthesis and light capture
• Use compartmentation and energy-flow ideas to describe how pathways are organized to optimize reaction rates and coordination of anabolic and catabolic processes

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• Explain the relationship between force, displacement, and work using W = Fd cos(θ) (and recognize when cos(θ) = 1).
• Calculate power as energy transfer per unit time and interpret what “high power” means in everyday contexts.
• Distinguish between work (energy transferred) and power (rate of energy transfer) using units such as joules and watts.

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• Explain how enzymes can be regulated to coordinate metabolic pathways (allosteric control, covalent modification, and compartment-specific regulation).
• Describe how feedback inhibition and hormonal signaling shift metabolic flux between catabolism and anabolism.
• Use enzyme kinetics ideas and substrate concentration to predict how pathway rates change under different regulatory conditions.

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• Explain and distinguish passive diffusion, facilitated transport, and active transport in terms of energy use and membrane proteins.
• Use concentration gradients (and, when relevant, electrochemical gradients) to predict net movement of substances across membranes.
• Interpret how membrane composition and protein pumps affect osmotic balance and cellular homeostasis.

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• Explain how chromosomal behavior during meiosis leads to Mendelian inheritance patterns.
• Use Punnett frameworks and probability to predict genotypic and phenotypic ratios.
• Analyze inheritance deviations such as incomplete dominance, codominance, linkage, and penetrance.