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• Explain how different plate boundary processes (seafloor spreading, subduction, transform faulting, and continental collision) contribute to Earth’s long-term evolution
• Analyze geologic and geophysical evidence (paleomagnetism, earthquakes, GPS, and bathymetry) to infer lithospheric motion and boundary types
• Interpret how deep mantle convection can produce observable surface features such as mid-ocean ridges, volcanic arcs, and mountain belts

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• Identify temporal and spatial patterns in Earth and space data using appropriate observations and summaries.
• Distinguish between trends, cycles, and random variation when interpreting climate and hydrology records.
• Evaluate how data quality and sampling frequency affect confidence in conclusions drawn from patterns.+ Show more

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• Analyze how species interactions (competition, mutualism, predation, parasitism, facilitation, and niche partitioning) influence community structure and biodiversity.
• Explain functional roles such as keystone species and trophic cascades, and describe how interaction networks shape community outcomes.
• Use examples to predict how species introductions and disturbance regimes can alter native community stability and functional redundancy.

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• Describe how proxy archives (tree rings, lake sediments, peat deposits) preserve evidence of past climate variability.
• Explain steps used to extract a time signal from proxy data and assess natural climate variability versus recent change.
• Interpret multi-proxy reconstructions to infer past temperature, precipitation, and fire regime patterns in Alberta.

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• Describe how the particle model explains solids, liquids, and gases using particle spacing and motion
• Use the particle model to explain diffusion, pressure, and changes in temperature
• Relate kinetic energy and particle collisions to observable macroscopic effects

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• Explain how intermolecular forces influence boiling point, vapor pressure, and volatility.
• Use temperature, molecular size, and polarity to predict qualitative phase changes.
• Interpret key ideas commonly shown on phase diagrams, including phase transitions.+ Show more

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• Explain how eccentricity, axial tilt, and precession change insolation and seasonal contrast.
• Describe how orbital cycles operate over thousands to hundreds of thousands of years.
• Connect orbital forcing to glacial-interglacial rhythms and long-term climate change in Earth history.+ Show more

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• Explain how the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere interact through coupled processes such as the water cycle and biogeochemical fluxes.
• Use box-and-arrow and flow-diagram reasoning to predict how a disturbance propagates across Earth system spheres.
• Connect observable indicators (streamflow, soil moisture, primary productivity) to underlying mass-balance ideas.

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• Explain how tree growth rings record annual radial growth and what information ring width and density can provide
• Describe how dendrochronology uses growth-ring patterns to reconstruct past environmental conditions
• Use evidence from growth rings to connect tree physiology and environmental changes

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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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• Compare analog and digital transmission/storage using bandwidth, noise effects, and fidelity.
• Explain how encoding, modulation, and decoding enable reliable communication.
• Use quantitative measures (bit rate, SNR, spectral occupancy) to evaluate capacity and reliability.

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• Describe how atomic radius, ionization energy, and electronegativity change across periods and down groups.
• Explain how periodic trends help predict ion charge formation (cations vs. anions) and bonding preferences.
• Connect periodic trends to real-world material behavior, such as corrosion and alloy selection.

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• Explain how hydrology (water timing, flow, and storage) shapes habitat suitability for river, floodplain, and wetland ecosystems in Alberta.
• Describe how water availability influences nutrient cycling and primary productivity in aquatic and riparian food webs.
• Evaluate how altered hydrologic regimes (drought, regulation, land-use change) can trigger cascading ecological effects.

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• Explain how pressure patterns, moisture transport, and thermal gradients drive weather systems.
• Describe regional atmospheric phenomena in Alberta, including chinook winds, frontal passages, and convective storms.
• Evaluate how atmospheric composition, aerosols, and surface albedo influence Earth’s energy balance and precipitation outcomes.+ Show more

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• Match data types (time trends, categories, relationships) to appropriate graph types
• Select an appropriate scale and axis labels to avoid misleading interpretations
• Use annotations to clarify key features of data in science graphs

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• Explain how genes (DNA segments) determine protein structure and function
• Describe transcription and translation as processes that link DNA to protein production
• Interpret how promoter and regulatory elements control gene expression and phenotype+ Show more

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• Explain how changes in Earth’s surface can drive changes in climate and weather patterns using physical mechanisms.
• Use evidence from long-term records (ice cores and sediment layers) to make and evaluate climate-related claims.
• Match environmental changes to expected effects on atmospheric composition, energy distribution, temperature, and precipitation.

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• Explain how human land-use change, greenhouse gas emissions, aerosols, and resource extraction perturb Earth’s carbon, water, and energy cycles
• Use emission inventories and land-cover time series to describe environmental change over time
• Interpret observable consequences (runoff changes, soil degradation, coastal subsidence) as indicators of cumulative anthropogenic forcing+ Show more

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• Define solution concentration using mass percent, parts per million (ppm), and molarity
• Convert between units of concentration and interpret what the values mean in real situations
• Use concentration ideas to predict effects of dilution and mixing on solution properties+ Show more

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• Explain how temperature, concentration, surface area, and catalysts affect reaction rates using collision and activation-energy ideas
• Interpret how changing conditions in real systems can slow down or speed up chemical reactions
• Use evidence from a text to identify main ideas and make connections to rate control strategies

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• Explain how fertilization leads to zygote formation and early developmental stages.
• Compare internal and external fertilization using specific ecological examples.
• Describe how temperature, moisture, and habitat quality influence embryonic development and reproductive success.+ Show more

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• Explain how allele frequencies change over generations due to selection, genetic drift, migration, and mutation.
• Use Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium to model a population when evolutionary forces are not acting.
• Calculate genotype frequencies from allele frequencies and interpret what those frequencies imply about genetic variation and fitness.

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• Explain what pH measures and how it relates to hydrogen ion concentration [H+].
• Use the pH–pOH relationship at 25°C to interpret acidity and basicity.
• Apply pH concepts to real-world water chemistry, including solubility and biological suitability.

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• Explain how radiative forcing, greenhouse gases, and albedo variations influence Earth’s energy balance and temperature.
• Analyze how ocean-atmosphere coupling and feedbacks affect the timing and regional impacts of climate change.
• Distinguish internal variability from external forcing and evaluate credibility of climate inferences using paleoclimate proxies.

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• Explain how organelle structure supports specialized functions in metabolism, protein trafficking, and signal transduction
• Compare biochemical signatures and membrane properties that control permeability and reaction rates across organelles
• Describe how endosymbiotic origins and membrane composition differences affect organelle organization and cellular homeostasis+ Show more

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• Explain how grounding and overcurrent protection reduce electrical shock and fire risk.
• Interpret common electrical safety labels to identify protective features and installation requirements.
• Describe how insulation, approved equipment, and environmental conditions affect electrical safety in Alberta.

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• Distinguish ionic, covalent, and metallic bonding using electron interactions
• Predict properties of substances (e.g., melting point, conductivity, structure) based on bonding type
• Explain how bonding influences real-world materials and applications, including those relevant to Alberta

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• Explain how gravity provides the centripetal force that keeps objects moving in curved orbital paths
• Compare circular and elliptical orbits using the idea of continuously changing direction
• Describe how inertia and gravity work together to keep planets bound to the Sun or orbiting companions+ Show more

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• Define carrying capacity and explain why it limits population growth in ecosystems
• Identify limiting factors and describe how they affect population size over time
• Use evidence from scenarios to predict population changes when a habitat is below or above carrying capacity

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• Explain how system models represent energy inputs, useful outputs, and waste heat
• Use energy flow diagrams to trace energy transformations and account for conservation of energy
• Identify dominant loss mechanisms by comparing useful output to total input+ Show more

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• Explain how radiant transfer moves energy using electromagnetic waves without direct contact.
• Describe how solar intensity, absorptivity, and emissivity affect net radiative heating or cooling.
• Compare how different surfaces (e.g., roofs, vegetation, and snow) influence daytime warming and nocturnal cooling.

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• Explain how conduction, convection, radiation, and storage/thermal mass affect energy budgets in a system.
• Use conservation principles to connect net heat gain to energy performance in passive solar and district energy contexts.
• Interpret and compare metrics such as required fuel energy and predicted temperature response using integrated reasoning.+ Show more

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• Explain how thermal resistance (R-value) affects heat flow between indoor and outdoor environments.
• Identify how material thickness and construction details influence insulation effectiveness and comfort.
• Analyze how thermal bridges and design choices impact energy efficiency and lifecycle energy use.

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• Explain specific heat capacity as the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1°C
• Use Q = m c ΔT to calculate thermal energy changes using correct units
• Interpret temperature change (ΔT) and relate sign of ΔT to heating or cooling

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• Explain how density differences caused by temperature variations drive convection in fluids
• Differentiate natural convection from forced convection and identify where each occurs in real systems
• Describe how boundary layers and buoyancy affect flow patterns and heat transfer+ Show more

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• Identify qualitative indicators of chemical reactions (gas production, heat change, colour change, precipitate formation).
• Describe observation patterns accurately using scientific vocabulary and cause-and-effect reasoning.
• Connect observable evidence to possible particle interactions and mass changes in a chemical process.

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• Identify signs that a physical change has occurred, such as reversible phase changes and changes in shape or size.
• Explain how particle rearrangement and energy changes can produce physical changes without forming new substances.
• Use evidence from mass measurements in closed systems to support whether a change is physical or chemical.

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• Explain how the particle model describes matter using discrete particles, spaces, and motion.
• Use particle motion and arrangement to predict and describe physical changes between states of matter.
• Connect microscopic particle behavior to observable phenomena such as diffusion, evaporation, and condensation.

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• Classify matter as a pure substance, mixture, or solution based on particle uniformity and measurable properties
• Compare pure substances, mixtures, and solutions using examples and separation/dissolving ideas
• Explain how classification helps predict observable behavior in everyday and regional contexts

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• Identify observable evidence of a chemical change such as gas formation, color change, precipitate formation, temperature change, and odor change.
• Explain chemical changes at the particle level by focusing on bonds breaking and bonds forming to create new substances.
• Distinguish chemical changes from physical changes using evidence-based reasoning.

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• Identify the roles of tension and compression in truss members using qualitative reasoning
• Explain how the method of joints uses equilibrium at joints to infer member forces
• Compare common truss forms (Pratt, Warren, Howe) in terms of where tension and compression tend to occur+ Show more

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• Explain how supports, foundations, and load paths work together to keep structures stable.
• Describe how compression, tension, and shear forces affect common structural members like beams and columns.
• Connect material properties (stiffness, strength, durability) to safety and suitability under typical Alberta wind and snow loads.

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• Identify the main parts and functions of simple machines (lever, pulley, wedge, screw, inclined plane, wheel-and-axle).
• Explain mechanical advantage as the relationship between input force and output force.
• Calculate mechanical advantage for ideal simple machines using force ratios or distance reasoning.+ Show more

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• Describe how distance, time, and speed are related and used to study motion.
• Calculate average speed using the formula distance ÷ time and interpret what units mean.
• Identify common sources of measurement error and explain how they affect speed calculations.+ Show more

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• Explain how material properties such as strength, stiffness, density, and environmental resilience affect structural design
• Describe how materials behave under compression, tension, and bending and how this influences long-term performance
• Compare timber, structural steel, and reinforced concrete for use in load-bearing prairie and cold-climate applications

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• Explain how active transport moves substances against concentration gradients using cellular energy
• Identify roles of membrane proteins (pumps) and ATP in active transport
• Describe how vesicular transport (endocytosis and exocytosis) supports cell functions

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• Explain how static and kinetic friction oppose relative motion between touching surfaces
• Describe how aerodynamic drag opposes motion through air and increases with speed
• Use qualitative reasoning to predict how changing surface texture, normal force, and air conditions affect acceleration and stopping distance+ Show more

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• Explain how push and pull forces can change an object's state of motion
• Distinguish between contact forces and non-contact forces using real-world examples
• Describe how net force relates to acceleration in qualitative terms