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• Explain how population-scale sequencing and personalized medicine use genomic data to improve health and decision-making.
• Evaluate potential benefits and risks of emerging genomic interventions, including gene drives, with attention to ethics and biosafety.
• Apply concepts of data privacy, consent, and regulatory frameworks to real-world genomic applications and impacts.

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• Explain how water moves between reservoirs (oceans, lakes, groundwater, and the atmosphere) using the water cycle.
• Describe how runoff and infiltration affect where water is stored and how long it remains available.
• Predict how water pathways can return groundwater to surface streams and rivers over time.

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• Explain how cell structure supports life processes in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
• Identify the main parts of cells and describe the functions of the cell membrane, cytoplasm, and genetic material
• Compare how specialized cell structures relate to specific roles in growth, maintenance, and reproduction

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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

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• Explain how primary productivity, decomposition, and nutrient cycling control energy flow and ecosystem turnover
• Describe how biogeochemical cycles connect organisms to the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere
• Analyze Alberta-specific examples (peatlands, boreal fire, and agricultural soils) and how they affect ecosystem productivity and resilience

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• Explain what a limiting reagent is and how it determines the maximum amount of product that can form
• Use balanced chemical equations and mole ratios to identify the limiting reactant and predict theoretical yield
• Determine how to find the amount of excess reactant remaining after a reaction is limited

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• Explain how isotopes differ and how that difference affects atomic mass without changing chemical identity
• Describe how ions form from electron gain or loss and how charge affects particle interactions
• Interpret relative atomic mass as an isotopic abundance-weighted average+ Show more

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• Differentiate ionic, covalent, and metallic bonding based on how electrons behave.
• Predict common physical properties (melting point, solubility, conductivity) from bonding type.
• Relate electronegativity differences and periodic position trends to bond formation.

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• Explain how reproductive isolation leads to the formation of distinct species
• Compare allopatric and sympatric speciation based on how gene flow is reduced
• Describe how genetic divergence accumulates through selection, drift, and mutation+ Show more

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• Describe the biological organization hierarchy from molecules to organisms
• Explain emergent properties and why higher levels can function differently than lower levels
• Use examples to connect tissue coordination, organ function, and whole-organism outcomes

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• Explain how a device can be modeled as a system with interacting parts.
• Map a device’s inputs, outputs, energy transfers, and material flow using systems thinking.
• Identify constraints and criteria (such as compatibility) that affect reliability and performance.+ Show more

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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 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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• 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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• Differentiate morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations and give accurate examples of each.
• Explain how natural selection sorts inherited variation to increase fitness in specific environments.
• Describe how trade-offs can make an adaptation beneficial in one context but harmful in another.

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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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• Distinguish physical change from chemical change using evidence at the particle level.
• Explain how chemical indicators provide observable evidence that a new substance may be forming.
• Use indicator results (color, gas, precipitate) to make claims about chemical reactions.

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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 intermolecular forces, solute/solvent polarity, and temperature affect solubility
• Predict how changes in temperature, pressure, and gas-liquid interactions influence dissolving
• Apply solubility concepts to real-world situations involving natural waters and dissolved oxygen

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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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• 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 Earth’s axial tilt and orbital motion influence seasons and long-term changes in sunlight received.
• Describe how the Moon’s synodic cycle produces predictable lunar phases.
• Connect gravitational interactions among Earth, Sun, and Moon to patterns in tides.+ Show more

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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 tectonic plate motion relates to earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building
• Identify major types of plate boundaries and predict typical Earth-surface outcomes
• Use plate-motion ideas to interpret patterns of seismic activity across regions

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• Distinguish random error from systematic error in measurement data
• Interpret uncertainty using precision, accuracy, and margin of error
• Use uncertainty bounds to judge whether differences between measurements are likely real

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• Analyze how human resource use changes Earth system components (soil, water, air, and biological communities).
• Explain cascading environmental effects, including erosion, habitat disruption, and climate feedbacks.
• Evaluate trade-offs between economic benefits and long-term system resilience using evidence and sustainability strategies.

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• Explain how sensor placement, indicator selection, and network design support representative environmental monitoring.
• Describe how temporal resolution and data quality assurance improve long-term trend detection.
• Evaluate how spatial heterogeneity and anthropogenic sources affect interpretation of monitoring results.

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• Describe how long-term climate patterns differ from day-to-day weather.
• Identify factors that influence temperature and precipitation in different regions.
• Compare regions using common climate characteristics such as average temperature and seasonal change.+ Show more

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• Explain why centripetal acceleration must point toward the center of a curved path and how it changes the direction of velocity
• Use the relationships among centripetal acceleration, speed, mass, and radius to reason about circular motion
• Distinguish radial (centripetal) and tangential forces and predict how each affects speed and direction+ 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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 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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• Explain how mass percent and volume percent represent solute amount relative to total solution
• Interpret ppm values for trace solutes and describe when ppm is appropriate to use
• Convert between concentration expressions using correct bases and units+ Show more

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• Explain how birth rate, death rate, immigration, and emigration affect population growth patterns.
• Describe how intrinsic and extrinsic factors influence population change over time.
• Use population counts and basic demographic ideas to interpret growth, stability, and decline.

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• Explain uniform circular motion using centripetal acceleration and centripetal force.
• Use angular velocity and period relationships (ω, T) to analyze rotational motion.
• Distinguish centripetal (radial) and tangential acceleration in uniform vs. non-uniform rotation.+ Show more

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• Explain how communities use scientific information to reduce resource depletion and environmental harm.
• Compare how household, agricultural, and industrial actions affect soil, water, and air quality.
• Evaluate conservation and resource stewardship approaches such as land management, pollution reduction, and efficient resource use.

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• Explain how conservation of mass is demonstrated by balanced chemical equations.
• Balance chemical equations by adjusting stoichiometric coefficients while conserving each element.
• Classify common reaction types (synthesis, decomposition, single-displacement, double-displacement, combustion) and link them to balanced forms.+ Show more

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• Explain how valence-shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) predicts molecular geometry from bonding and lone-pair electrons.
• Identify common VSEPR shapes (linear, trigonal planar, tetrahedral, trigonal bipyramidal, octahedral) and associated ideal bond angles.
• Use geometry and symmetry to reason about molecular polarity and bond-angle trends.

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• Explain how the spatial distribution and focal depths of earthquakes reveal active tectonic settings
• Compare focal mechanisms and moment tensors to interpret fault slip styles and stress regimes
• Use seismic tomography and integrated observations (mapping + geodetic data) to infer subsurface tectonic structure

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• Explain how conservation of momentum and conservation of energy apply to isolated systems
• Distinguish elastic, inelastic, and perfectly inelastic collisions using conservation laws
• Set up and solve algebraic conservation equations for initial and final states

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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 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 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 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