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• Explain how angle of attack changes airflow patterns over an airfoil
• Describe how lift production relates to increasing angle of attack in both the linear and post-stall regimes
• Identify factors that shift the critical (stall) angle, including wing incidence, flap settings, and Reynolds number

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• Explain how photosynthesis converts light energy into chemical energy stored in organic molecules
• Describe the roles of chlorophyll, light-dependent reactions, and the Calvin cycle
• Interpret how photosynthesis affects oxygen release and carbon availability in ecosystems+ Show more

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• Explain how electromagnetic waves carry energy using coupled electric and magnetic fields
• Use frequency–wavelength relationships to predict how signals behave in different media
• Describe reflection, refraction, attenuation, dispersion, and polarization in signal transmission

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• Explain how the Moon’s visible phases change in a repeating pattern over about a month
• Describe how the Sun, Earth, and Moon positions affect what we see from Earth
• Use observations to support statements about lunar phase progression

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• Explain reaction rate using collision theory and particle behavior
• Compare energy-based and particle-based explanations of chemical reactions
• Describe how temperature, concentration, and catalysts affect collisions and reaction probability+ Show more

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• Explain why scientific models remain open to revision when new evidence conflicts with prior expectations.
• Evaluate evidence quality using consistency, explanatory power, and predictive accuracy.
• Distinguish between evidence-driven refinement of a model and unsupported changes based on opinion or bias.+ Show more

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• Explain how heating and cooling can change matter between solid, liquid, and gas states
• Identify key terms for state changes, including melting, freezing, evaporation, and condensation
• Use temperature and particle movement/arrangement to describe why state changes happen

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• Explain how reproductive isolation can lead to speciation over time.
• Describe how divergent selection and genetic drift can change populations independently.
• Connect mechanisms of evolution (barriers to gene flow and independent evolution) to biodiversity and ecosystem variety.

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• Explain what mutations are and describe common sources of mutations
• Describe how mutations can affect protein structure, gene expression, and cellular pathways
• Analyze how environmental conditions can change whether a mutation increases fitness+ Show more

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• Explain how weathering and erosion break down rocks and move sediments within the rock cycle.
• Describe how heat and pressure cause metamorphism without melting and how magma cooling forms igneous rock.
• Connect rock transformations to energy transfer and mass movement at Earth’s surface and in the interior.

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• Explain how radiometric dating estimates absolute geologic time using radioactive decay in minerals.
• Use half-life ideas to describe the predictable relationship between time and the fraction of parent isotopes remaining.
• Evaluate why assumptions such as closed-system behavior and initial conditions affect the reliability of radiometric dates.+ Show more

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• Explain that gravity is a force that pulls objects toward Earth.
• Describe how gravity affects the motion of objects when they are released or supported.
• Identify everyday examples of gravity influencing speed and resting positions.

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• Explain that moon phases happen because we see different portions of the moon’s sunlit half as Earth, the moon, and the sun change positions.
• Identify key phase terms (new moon, first quarter, full moon, last quarter) and describe how their appearances relate to illumination and shadow.
• Use evidence from observations (geometry and predictable cycles) to describe why moon phases follow a roughly monthly pattern.

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• Explain how scientific inquiry connects a question to evidence gathered from observations and measurements.
• Distinguish between evidence-based explanations and personal beliefs.
• Use inquiry ideas (patterns, fairness, and revision) to evaluate or improve an explanation.

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• Interpret uncertainty using error bars, ranges, and measurement spread in graphs.
• Use basic statistics (mean and variability) to support data-based claims.
• Judge whether differences between groups are meaningful beyond typical measurement noise.+ Show more

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• Compare how annuals, biennials, perennials, and woody plants time germination, flowering, seed set, and dormancy.
• Describe seed banking and the seasonal cues that trigger life cycle transitions and dormancy.
• Explain how environmental variability and human land use (cropping cycles and habitat alteration) can favor certain life histories and affect population persistence.

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• Explain how positive and negative feedback mechanisms influence Earth system responses to change.
• Identify real-world examples of feedbacks involving water vapor, clouds, ice albedo, and land cover.
• Analyze how human actions can alter feedback pathways connecting surface processes to climate outcomes.

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• Compare motions by interpreting distance-over-time information.
• Identify steady-speed motion versus changing-speed motion using simple data.
• Use numerical ratios and relative language (faster, slower, same speed) to describe which object moves more quickly.

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• Explain how distance and elapsed time help describe motion.
• Use consistent units (such as metres and seconds) to record motion accurately.
• Compare speeds using simple numerical information from measurements.+ Show more

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• Identify common external and internal structures of plants and animals
• Explain how structures help organisms survive, grow, and reproduce
• Use models or drawings to show how body parts are arranged and connected

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• Explain what a habitat is and how it provides shelter, food, and water for living things.
• Describe how different habitats (forest, pond, field) meet the needs of organisms.
• Identify the role of physical surroundings and resources in helping organisms survive.+ Show more

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• Identify everyday examples of water phase changes caused by heating and cooling
• Explain how melting, freezing, evaporation, and condensation describe changes between states of matter
• Connect temperature/heat energy to visible changes in water (solid, liquid, gas)

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• Explain that light often travels in straight lines and describe light paths using arrows or lines.
• Identify how openings, edges, and shadows show the direction of light travel.
• Use vocabulary related to light paths (straight line, shadow, opening, blocked).

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• Explain how reflection and absorption change what we see when light hits an object.
• Describe how shiny and dark surfaces affect brightness and appearance.
• Use observations to connect reflected and absorbed light to an object’s look.

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• Explain how models use evidence-based patterns to support scientific predictions
• Make specific predictions using relationships shown in a model
• Evaluate how observations and measurements can confirm or improve a model+ Show more

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• Explain how the engineering design process includes planning, building, and testing
• Identify how criteria and constraints guide the planning of a solution
• Describe how testing results can lead to refinement while staying within constraints+ Show more

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• Explain how weather differs from climate and identify common weather variables (temperature, precipitation, wind, and cloud cover).
• Describe how comparing observations over time helps people recognize weather patterns.
• Use evidence from short scenarios to classify weather conditions and predict likely changes.

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• Differentiate climate from short-term weather and explain why climate varies by region
• Describe how latitude, distance from water, elevation, and atmospheric circulation influence temperature and precipitation ranges
• Analyze how climate shapes ecosystems and surface processes over time+ Show more

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• Explain how gears transfer motion through meshing teeth and how gear ratios affect rotational speed and torque.
• Describe how gear size, tooth count, and gear order determine output direction and magnitude.
• Compare simple gear trains, idler gears, and compound gear trains for changing speed and mechanical advantage.

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• Explain how limiting factors affect population growth and carrying capacity
• Differentiate biotic and abiotic limiting factors in an ecosystem
• Analyze how limiting factors influence species interactions and biodiversity+ Show more

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• Identify producers, consumers, and decomposers in a food chain or food web.
• Explain how energy moves through food chains using arrows.
• Describe how food webs show interdependence and why removing a link can affect many organisms.

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• Identify the roles of system components such as a source, mechanism, and control in a simple technological system
• Explain how energy moves through a system and how component properties affect function
• Use system-thinking vocabulary (input, output, control, connector) to describe how a system achieves a goal

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• Explain how concentration influences reaction rate using the collision model
• Interpret how dilution or mixing changes collision frequency and therefore rate
• Use rate-law ideas to predict qualitative changes when reactant concentrations change+ Show more

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• Explain how heat transfer changes energy in matter and can change temperature.
• Describe how energy changes lead to phase changes such as melting, evaporation, and boiling.
• Use particle ideas to connect energy with the arrangement and motion of matter.

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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 linear momentum and conservation of momentum in isolated systems
• Differentiate elastic and inelastic collisions using momentum and kinetic energy
• Use impulse to connect force and time with changes in momentum+ Show more

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• Explain how dissolution, sorption, volatilization, and biodegradation affect chemical fate in soil and water.
• Compare kinetic versus equilibrium ideas to predict contaminant distribution over time.
• Apply contaminant transport concepts to plausible Alberta scenarios (agricultural runoff and spills).

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• Explain how gravity provides the centripetal force for orbital motion
• Describe how orbital speed depends on central mass and orbital radius
• Use energy ideas (kinetic and gravitational potential) to compare orbits and escape conditions+ Show more

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• Identify and distinguish major types of species interactions: predation, competition, parasitism, mutualism, and commensalism
• Explain how species interactions can affect population sizes and community structure
• Use evidence from examples to describe how resource competition and interdependence shape ecological balance+ Show more

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• Explain how geological processes create and locate natural resources and how that affects extraction feasibility and cost.
• Identify major geohazards (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, tsunamis) and describe how they threaten communities and infrastructure.
• Evaluate trade-offs between resource development benefits and environmental risks by using spatial, economic, and hazard vulnerability information.+ Show more

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• Explain how human activities can affect Earth systems (land, water, air, and living things).
• Describe solution strategies that reduce harmful impacts, such as reducing waste and preventing contamination.
• Apply cause-and-effect reasoning to predict how certain actions can lessen pollution and protect ecosystems.

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• Explain how tectonic plate motion produces divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
• Describe the major geologic features associated with each type of plate boundary (mid-ocean ridges, subduction zones, and strike-slip faults)
• Use evidence from rocks, topography, and seismic patterns to interpret past tectonic settings

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• Calculate average speed for trips with multiple motion segments using total distance and total time
• Use proportional reasoning to connect segment distance, segment time, and overall trip averages
• Explain why slower segments can reduce average speed more than faster segments increase it+ Show more

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• Describe how energy moves and changes form in real systems (combustion, buildings, and photovoltaic generation).
• Apply the laws of thermodynamics to explain conservation of energy and why useful energy decreases in transformations.
• Evaluate efficiency using energy accounting (useful output vs. total input) and relate losses to environmental impacts.

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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 reproductive isolation leads to speciation through genetic divergence.
• Compare allopatric and sympatric speciation and identify likely causes of each.
• Differentiate prezygotic and postzygotic barriers and predict their effects on gene flow.+ Show more

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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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• Identify major forms of energy (kinetic, potential, thermal, chemical, radiant, and nuclear) and describe what each form depends on.
• Explain how energy can shift between forms during everyday processes such as motion, heating, or respiration.
• Use evidence from a scenario to determine which energy form is increasing or decreasing.+ Show more