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• Explain how equal-and-opposite interaction forces during a collision relate to changes in momentum
• Use conservation of linear momentum to analyze pre- and post-collision motion for systems of two objects
• Distinguish elastic from inelastic collisions using kinetic energy and momentum+ Show more

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• Explain mass conservation in chemical reactions in terms of conservation of atoms in a closed system.
• Use particulate-level models and symbolic equations to predict that total reactant mass equals total product mass.
• Connect macroscopic mass measurements to microscopic atom accounting and balanced stoichiometric relationships.

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• Explain how human activities affect land, water, air, and ecosystems using scientific indicators and data.
• Use examples of monitoring tools (water-quality indicators, remote sensing, air measurements) to infer trends in human impacts.
• Evaluate mitigation strategies and describe trade-offs between economic needs and long-term environmental resilience.

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• Use particle models and symbolic formulas to represent the types and numbers of atoms in simple molecules (e.g., H2O, CO2).
• Differentiate discrete molecular units from extended ionic solids using particle model ideas and element/ion symbols (e.g., NaCl).
• Explain how bonding arrangements affect observable properties such as melting point and behavior of substances.

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• Analyze evidence for climate change drivers using temperature and CO2 record ideas
• Explain how land-use change and natural variability can influence climate patterns
• Assess impacts of climate change on sea level, precipitation, and food systems+ Show more

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• Explain how momentum is conserved during collisions using mass and velocity.
• Differentiate elastic and inelastic collisions and predict changes in motion.
• Use conservation of momentum to calculate or compare post-collision velocities.+ Show more

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• Explain how circulatory, respiratory, digestive, and nervous systems work together to support homeostasis.
• Describe how oxygen and nutrients move from their sources to body cells using interdependent system processes.
• Use evidence from human mammalian systems and plant vascular transport to compare how organisms distribute needed materials.

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• Explain how energy transforms during photosynthesis and cellular respiration
• Describe how chloroplasts and mitochondria help convert energy into usable ATP
• Compare how active and resting tissues use energy differently

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• Explain why scientists compare multiple lines of evidence when evaluating changes in global temperature over time.
• Distinguish between natural and anthropogenic climate drivers (greenhouse gases, volcanic aerosols, and solar variability).
• Describe how climate feedbacks can amplify or reduce warming and why models are used to test hypotheses.

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• Explain how feedstocks from natural resources can be transformed into synthetic materials through processing steps.
• Describe how polymerization and refining change chemical composition and functional performance.
• Use examples (polyethylene, PET, nylon, and metals) to compare production pathways.+ Show more

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• Use balanced chemical equations to describe how quantities of reactants relate to quantities of products.
• Calculate and interpret mole ratios to predict relative amounts and mass relationships in chemical transformations.
• Apply conservation of matter to check whether calculated product amounts and reagent needs are reasonable.+ Show more

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• Analyze how air mass motion and pressure changes relate to temperature, humidity, wind, and precipitation
• Interpret observational datasets (surface pressure maps, temperature gradients, radiosonde profiles, and Doppler radar) to identify weather patterns
• Explain how frontogenesis and cyclogenesis can lead to frontal passages and severe thunderstorm development+ Show more

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• Define net force as the vector sum of all forces acting on an object.
• Explain how unbalanced forces change an object’s motion (speed and/or direction).
• Use quantitative reasoning with proportional relationships between net force, mass, and acceleration.+ Show more

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• Explain how resource availability and competition affect population growth rates
• Interpret logistic growth curves and identify the carrying capacity concept
• Relate birth, death, immigration, and emigration to population change within an ecosystem

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• Explain how cell models use structure to represent function of organelles and membrane systems.
• Use models to interpret membrane transport processes such as diffusion and osmosis.
• Relate organelle energy pathways (mitochondria and chloroplasts) to cell viability in models.+ Show more

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• Explain how atoms are conserved as matter cycles through organisms during digestion, biosynthesis, and respiration
• Trace the flow of carbon and nitrogen from ingested food to cellular biomolecules and eventual waste products
• Use biochemical pathway ideas (building and breaking down macromolecules) to describe matter recycling

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• Explain how electric forces and magnetic forces can be described using field interactions.
• Use Coulomb-like and distance-orientation ideas to predict how force magnitude changes with separation.
• Identify how charge, pole orientation, and current/circuit details affect the direction of forces.

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• Explain how potential energy depends on an object’s position or arrangement and on interactions at a distance.
• Describe gravitational, elastic, and magnetic potential energy using models (mass on a shelf, compressed spring, separated magnets).
• Predict how changing spatial arrangement affects stored potential energy and later motion or work.

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• Analyze observational and instrumental data to identify patterns in natural hazards.
• Explain how recurrence intervals and frequency statistics relate to probable events.
• Use hazard information to estimate locations and magnitudes for basic risk assessment.

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• Explain how natural hazards (weather, geological, and other Earth processes) can pose risks to people and ecosystems
• Use NGSS-aligned reasoning to connect hazard characteristics and exposure to potential impacts
• Describe science-based strategies for preparing for, responding to, and mitigating natural hazards

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• Explain how heritable variation allows natural selection to change traits in a population over generations
• Identify selective agents (environmental pressures) and describe how they affect survival and reproduction
• Use examples to connect phenotypic differences to population-level shifts in trait frequencies over time

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• Explain how net force (the vector sum of forces) affects an object's motion.
• Use the relationship net force = mass × acceleration to predict changes in motion.
• Distinguish between balanced and unbalanced forces using real-world scenarios.

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• Compare management strategies (protected areas, habitat corridors, restoration, invasive species control, and sustainable harvest) using evidence-based reasoning.
• Explain how biodiversity supports ecosystem services such as pollination, water purification, and food provisioning.
• Evaluate ecological, economic, and social constraints and predict likely outcomes for species persistence.

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• Explain how energy moves through trophic levels using producers, consumers, and decomposers.
• Describe how photosynthesis and cellular respiration capture and release energy.
• Interpret energy pyramids and estimate how energy decreases between trophic levels using typical transfer efficiencies.+ Show more

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• Explain how evidence such as fossils, rock types, and continental shapes supports plate tectonics.
• Identify key seafloor features (mid-ocean ridges, trenches) and relate them to plate motion.
• Use earthquake, volcanic, and magnetic striping patterns to describe how plates move over time.

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• Use astronomical units (AU), planetary diameters, and light-years to compare distances in space.
• Interpret scaled diagrams and logarithmic ideas to explain orders of magnitude differences.
• Explain how scale affects what we can observe and how fast objects appear to move.

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• Explain how the law of superposition and original horizontality help determine relative ages of rock layers.
• Use cross-cutting relationships and intrusive contacts to place events in a likely time order.
• Interpret stratigraphic markers such as fossil assemblages and unconformities to correlate layers.

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• Use probability to predict expected genotype and phenotype ratios from monohybrid crosses.
• Connect Punnett square outcomes to inheritance probabilities.
• Explain how larger populations better match predicted ratios due to random chance.+ Show more

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• Describe how kinetic energy depends on mass and speed and how potential energy depends on position.
• Interpret graphs that show kinetic energy as a function of mass and as a function of the square of speed.
• Explain energy transfer and conservation between kinetic and potential energy, including the role of friction.

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• Use ball-and-stick and space-filling models to describe how atoms are arranged in simple molecules and extended structures.
• Interpret chemical formulas to determine relative atom types and counts in H2O and NaCl.
• Explain how repeating units build polymer chains and how ionic lattices differ from molecules.

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• Explain how energy flows through trophic levels in pond, grassland, and forest food webs.
• Describe how photosynthesis and cellular respiration contribute to an energy budget in ecosystems.
• Compare how energy transfer efficiency changes from one trophic level to the next using energy pyramids.

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• Identify evidence from microscopy and preserved specimens that supports the claim that cells are the basic unit of life.
• Differentiate single-celled organisms from multicellular organisms using observable traits such as size, compartments, and organization.
• Explain how characteristics seen in cells and tissues provide evidence for relationships among cells, tissues, organs, and whole organisms.

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• Explain how Earth’s geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere interact through transfers of matter and energy.
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to describe feedbacks (e.g., albedo changes, sediment transport, nutrient cycling).
• Identify energy sources, energy sinks, and phase-change energy transfers in system models over time.

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• Explain the main processes of the water cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, infiltration, and groundwater storage.
• Trace how energy from the Sun and gravity move water through different reservoirs on Earth.
• Use conceptual and graphical models to describe mass transfer and energy flows in oceans, ice, rivers, and aquifers.

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• Explain how air masses, pressure systems, and fronts interact to produce local and regional weather.
• Interpret surface weather maps, temperature/pressure measurements, and radar observations to describe precipitation and wind shifts.
• Use weather observations to describe severe events such as thunderstorms and squall lines.+ Show more

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• Use quantitative models to describe how allele frequencies change over time under selection and drift.
• Interpret probability-based inheritance and translate trait/frequency information into predictions.
• Use Hardy-Weinberg ideas and simple rate calculations to support scientific explanations.

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• Explain how gravity depends on mass and distance using examples such as Earth–Moon and falling objects.
• Distinguish gravity (a non-contact force) from friction (a contact force) by describing how each changes motion.
• Use evidence to support an argument about gravitational interactions and orbital behavior.

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• Define a design problem by listing required functions and measurable success measures.
• Identify constraints (such as materials, cost, and safety) and explain why they limit possible solutions.
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to predict how design choices may affect people and natural systems.

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• Explain how genes on chromosomes can pass traits from parents to offspring.
• Use Mendelian cross models to predict possible offspring trait ratios for dominant and recessive traits.
• Apply simple probability to interpret and compare modeled outcomes.+ Show more

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• Compare particle, ball-and-stick, and lattice representations of atoms and how they relate to molecular vs extended structures.
• Explain how subatomic particles and atomic number connect to atomic notation and bonding patterns.
• Predict how bonding patterns (covalent vs ionic/extended networks) influence properties such as melting point and electrical behavior.

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• Explain how heritable variation and environmental pressures drive natural selection.
• Describe how differential survival and reproduction can shift trait distributions over generations.
• Use real-world examples (antibiotic resistance and island finches) to identify selective pressures and adaptations.

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• Explain how reproductive isolation and geographic separation can lead to speciation.
• Describe how founder effects, polyploidy, and adaptive radiation increase biodiversity.
• Use biogeographic and time-based patterns to interpret how new species form.

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• Describe how thermal energy moves through conduction, convection, and radiation using real-world examples.
• Connect temperature changes and observable evidence to the type of heat transfer and the idea of heat flow.
• Compare how quickly different heat transfer modes can move energy in everyday situations.

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• Understand key concepts related to Science
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

Learning Objectives

• Understand key concepts related to Science
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Identify different types of air masses
• Describe the characteristics of continental and maritime air masses
• Explain how air masses influence local and regional weather

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• Understand how negative feedback maintains body temperature.
• Identify the key components involved in thermoregulation.
• Explain the process of how body temperature is regulated through feedback mechanisms.+ Show more

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• Understand what causes earthquakes
• Learn how earthquakes affect communities
• Identify safety measures during earthquakes