Reading comprehension Worksheets

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• Understand how temperature influences material properties such as expansion, contraction, phase changes, and viscosity.
• Explain the microscopic particle motion that causes macroscopic thermal effects.
• Identify practical applications and consequences of thermal effects in engineering and environmental contexts.+ Show more

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• Understand the causes of different types of drag in flight and vehicles.
• Identify how design features reduce drag and improve energy efficiency.
• Explain the difference between parasitic and induced drag.+ Show more

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• Compare how theme, character responses, and point of view work together across texts with different styles.
• Explain how an author’s language choices (including figurative language and connotative words) shape tone and characterization.
• Use text evidence to show how differences in style lead to similar or different insights.

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• Understand the importance of clearly defining societal and global challenges in engineering design.
• Learn how to specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for acceptable solutions.
• Develop skills to formulate measurable criteria, prioritize constraints, and create conceptual models for multiple design approaches.

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• Analyze major societal or global challenges to define criteria and constraints.
• Formulate measurable and qualitative performance metrics for solutions.
• Prioritize constraints and construct conceptual models for diverse design approaches.+ Show more

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• Explain how friction and pressure differences contribute to drag.
• Differentiate parasitic drag and induced drag using examples.
• Describe how reducing drag can lower required thrust and energy demands.

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

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• Differentiate between physical changes and chemical changes based on what happens to matter
• Identify evidence of chemical changes such as gas formation, color change, and permanent texture changes
• Explain how particle rearrangement differs from particle bonding in physical vs chemical changes

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• Apply a final proofreading checklist to improve punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and formatting without changing meaning.
• Check that tense and point of view stay consistent across a whole piece of writing.
• Revise word choice so it matches the writer’s purpose and plan.

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• Explain how a geometric model using the relative positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon predicts lunar phases.
• Use the model to describe how the Moon’s apparent illumination changes over a week.
• Connect the order of crescent, quarter, gibbous, and full phases to the Moon’s position in its path.

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• Evaluate sources for relevance, credibility, and appropriateness for a specific research purpose.
• Identify clues of author expertise, publication context, and timeliness when judging credibility.
• Extract key information accurately and recognize when a source does not directly support a claim.

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• Identify the central idea of a persuasive nonfiction text.
• Distinguish essential supporting details (reasons, facts, examples) from interesting but nonessential details.
• Explain how selected details strengthen a claim and how omitted details fail to strengthen it.

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• Identify the central idea and key supporting points in an informational text.
• Write a coherent summary that uses evidence while avoiding unnecessary details.
• Use the author’s wording and structure to maintain meaning and accuracy.

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• Understand the different agents of weathering and erosion such as water, ice, wind, and vegetation.
• Identify landforms created by various weathering processes.
• Compare the rates of sediment transport and landscape change under different environmental conditions.+ Show more

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• Understand the purpose and types of models used in scientific investigations.
• Identify the strengths and limitations of different models for representing systems.
• Apply criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of models in scientific explanations.+ Show more

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• Understand how to analyze societal and global challenges.
• Learn to specify qualitative and quantitative criteria for solutions.
• Develop skills to formulate measurable constraints and stakeholder requirements.+ Show more

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• Understand the principles of energy conservation and transfer.
• Analyze energy flow within different systems based on the NGSS framework.
• Apply energy accounting concepts to real-world scenarios.+ Show more

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• Identify different types of precipitation: rain, snow, sleet, hail.
• Explain how water infiltrates into the ground and what influences this process.
• Describe the pathways water takes from atmosphere to ground and surface runoff.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of energy transfer among system components.
• Identify different forms of energy including heat, work, gravitational, and elastic energy.
• Use simple models to predict energy exchanges in various systems.+ Show more

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• Identify key details that represent important events in a text.
• Write a summary that keeps the overall meaning and avoids minor distractions.
• Use cause-and-effect thinking to sequence events in a clear summary.+ Show more

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• Create computational models to analyze energy transfers among system components.
• Relate heat, work, and stored energy in various physical systems using representations.
• Compare predicted energy flows to actual data, emphasizing total energy conservation.+ Show more

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• Understand the difference between physical and chemical changes in matter.
• Identify evidence that indicates whether a change is physical or chemical.
• Recognize examples of physical changes in everyday life.+ Show more

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• Analyze societal and global challenges to define key criteria and constraints.
• Construct conceptual models for exploring multiple design approaches.
• Apply qualitative and quantitative metrics to evaluate solutions.+ Show more

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• Understand how to define problem boundaries in societal challenges
• Identify qualitative and quantitative criteria for water supply solutions
• Recognize constraints such as economic, environmental, and stakeholder requirements+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of scientific models, including physical and conceptual models.
• Interpret diagrams of the water cycle and particle models.
• Evaluate the assumptions and limitations of scientific models.+ Show more

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• Understand the principle of matter conservation in biological systems.
• Identify how chemical elements cycle through ecosystems.
• Explain the importance of matter movement for ecosystem productivity.

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• Identify a shared theme or central idea in a narrative and an informational text.
• Explain how the genre affects which details support the theme.
• Use evidence from both texts to support a theme statement.

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

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• Combine related ideas by adding dependent clauses to form complex sentences.
• Use appropriate conjunctions and punctuation to show relationships such as cause, contrast, or time.
• Place clauses so the reader can easily predict how the second idea connects to the first.

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• Explain how precipitation returns water to Earth’s surface through rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
• Describe how infiltration moves water into soil moisture and can help recharge groundwater.
• Compare infiltration and runoff and relate them to gravity, landscape, vegetation, and soil type.+ Show more

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• Analyze societal and global challenges to define clear criteria and constraints.
• Formulate measurable performance metrics and stakeholder requirements.
• Prioritize constraints and construct conceptual models for solution generation.+ Show more

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• Evaluate whether a source is relevant to a research question.
• Determine if a source is credible by using evidence about the author and publication.
• Extract key information accurately and decide whether it supports a specific claim.

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• Distinguish physical changes from chemical changes by identifying evidence of new substances.
• Use examples to explain how matter changes can involve rearranging or forming new materials.
• Identify and describe signs of chemical change, such as gas production, color change, and permanent texture changes.

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• Understand the properties of common materials used to solve human problems.
• Recognize how shape and material properties contribute to function in models and solutions.
• Select appropriate materials to design simple physical models for specific purposes.+ Show more

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• Identify the central idea of a persuasive nonfiction passage.
• Select supporting details that strengthen a claim by providing reasons, facts, examples, or elaborations.
• Distinguish essential details from interesting but nonessential information.

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• Distinguish physical changes from chemical changes by identifying evidence of new substances.
• Describe common indicators of chemical change (gas formation, color change, temperature change, permanent texture change).
• Classify everyday examples of matter changes and justify the classification using observable evidence.

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• Identify the central idea of an informational text
• Write a summary that keeps the author’s meaning while using evidence
• Choose key supporting points and omit minor details

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• Define and differentiate between displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration in linear motion.
• Apply algebraic equations of motion to specific scenarios such as free-fall and uniformly accelerated vehicles.
• Interpret and analyze motion graphs and symbolic representations to describe kinematic quantities.+ Show more

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• Understand how physical and conceptual models are used to represent scientific systems.
• Learn to evaluate the accuracy and limitations of different models.
• Identify criteria for refining models based on empirical data.+ Show more

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• Understand the geometric model of lunar phases and how it explains the sequence and timing of these phases.
• Describe how the relative positions of Sun, Earth, and Moon influence the Moon's appearance from a given viewpoint.
• Apply the lunar phases model to predict the timing and sequence of moon phases during observation periods.+ Show more

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• Understand the different types of drag acting on objects in flight and movement.
• Identify factors that influence parasitic and induced drag.
• Analyze design strategies used to reduce drag on vehicles and aircraft.+ Show more

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• Identify key refusal skills for handling peer pressure and unsafe situations.
• Practice clear, respectful ways to decline unwanted offers or requests.
• Choose effective responses that protect personal safety and well-being.

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• Create computational models to analyze energy transfers among system components.
• Use representations to relate heat, work, and energy stored in gravitational or elastic forms.
• Compare predicted energy exchanges with data, emphasizing conservation of total energy.+ Show more

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• Understand the processes involved in fossil formation and preservation.
• Identify different methods used to date fossils and their significance.
• Analyze fossil evidence to interpret patterns of evolution and extinction.+ Show more

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• Explain how precipitation returns water to Earth’s surface.
• Describe how infiltration affects soil moisture and possible groundwater recharge.
• Compare infiltration and surface runoff as pathways for water movement.+ Show more

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• Apply documentation practices that clearly distinguish quotations from paraphrases and accurately credit sources.
• Explain conflicts between sources using context such as dates, methods, and definitions rather than ignoring contradictions.
• Evaluate whether citations provide verifiable locations and consistent formatting for online and print materials.+ Show more

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• Describe the geometric model of the Moon's orbit and its relation to lunar phases.
• Identify the sequence of lunar phases and their timing relative to Sun, Earth, and Moon positions.
• Predict the appearance of the Moon's illumination from surface observations, including during specific observation dates.+ Show more

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• Explain the difference between parasitic drag and induced drag and how each one changes with flight conditions.
• Identify how surface roughness, frontal area, lift generation, and wingtip vortices affect drag.
• Connect drag to thrust requirements and to the energy demands of flight.