Reading comprehension Worksheets

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• Explain how negative feedback systems maintain internal stability using sensors, control centers, and effectors.
• Interpret how deviations from a set point trigger antagonistic (opposite) corrective responses.
• Compare negative feedback to positive feedback using temperature, blood glucose, and blood pressure examples.

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• Explain how stress management, emotional regulation, and resilience contribute to mental well-being
• Identify healthy coping strategies and support systems that strengthen psychological resilience
• Analyze how lifestyle and social connections can influence mood, stress levels, and coping

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• Explain how rules, roles, and team strategies affect game play in cooperative and competitive sports
• Use strategic thinking (positioning, teamwork, and decision-making) to improve personal and team effectiveness
• Identify tactics that help a team create space, maintain possession, and respond to opponents

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• Identify key safety practices for landing, stopping, and changing directions during physical activities.
• Explain how controlled movement and body positioning reduce the risk of injury in modified games.
• Apply safety principles to different environments (space, surface, and equipment) to improve both safety and performance.

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• Explain how balanced diets support growth, energy, and immune health.
• Identify the main food groups and describe how each contributes to the body.
• Evaluate food choices using portion size and food quality criteria.

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• Explain how insulin and glucagon regulate blood glucose using negative feedback during fasting and after eating.
• Compare insulin and glucagon effects on the liver, muscle, and adipose tissue to maintain energy homeostasis.
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to describe what happens to blood glucose when one hormone is increased or decreased.

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• Explain how spoken, written, and non-verbal communication work together to share messages clearly.
• Identify communication styles and choose respectful ways to express thoughts and feelings.
• Use context cues to improve understanding and respond appropriately in real-life situations.

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• Explain how lift, drag, and stability relate to aerodynamic design choices.
• Describe how changes in wing curvature, aspect ratio, and surface area can affect performance.
• Use real-world examples (kites and model gliders) to make predictions about aerodynamic outcomes.

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• Use context clues to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words in Grade 6 reading and listening tasks.
• Identify meanings of common word roots and affixes to decode the meaning of new vocabulary.
• Use dictionaries to confirm definitions and select the definition that best fits a sentence.+ Show more

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• Identify the subject, predicate, and complement components of a sentence.
• Distinguish between simple and compound sentences and use correct punctuation to combine clauses.
• Revise sentences to improve clarity by matching subjects with correct predicates and complements.

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• Explain how social cues and body language can change the meaning of what someone says.
• Use active listening and empathy to prevent misunderstandings during group work.
• Apply strategies for managing conflict while maintaining respect and cooperation.+ Show more

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• Explain how habitat fragmentation, land-use change, pollution, overexploitation, invasive species, and climate change affect biodiversity.
• Describe how multiple human pressures can interact and reduce ecosystem resilience and species recovery.
• Analyze how human impacts can lead to ecological changes and evolutionary responses such as adaptation and loss of genetic diversity.

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• Identify common health information sources and describe how they differ in reliability.
• Explain how to check whether a health information source is valid and trustworthy.
• Practice distinguishing credible health information from misleading or unsafe information.

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• Explain projectile motion using independent horizontal and vertical components under gravity
• Apply kinematics relationships to determine time of flight, range, and maximum height
• Interpret and evaluate statements about projectile motion concepts and assumptions

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• Explain a systematic process for making healthy decisions by evaluating options and consequences.
• Analyze how peer influence, emotions, values, and support systems affect decision outcomes.
• Apply mindful decision-making to choose safer actions that align with personal goals and integrity.

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• Explain what goal setting is and how measurable goals improve motivation and focus.
• Create realistic short-term goals using specific criteria and a step-by-step plan.
• Describe strategies for monitoring progress and adjusting goals to build resilience and healthy habits.

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• Explain trophic efficiency and how energy transfer between trophic levels is constrained by metabolic losses and heat dissipation.
• Use trophic efficiency to predict how energy availability affects biomass pyramids and the maximum number of trophic levels in an ecosystem.
• Analyze how differences in trophic efficiency among ecosystems can shape food web structure and predator abundance.

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• Define personal values and explain how they guide attitudes and decisions.
• Identify personal strengths that connect to specific values and priorities.
• Recognize common stressors and describe how they can affect well-being and emotions.+ Show more

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• Explain how enzyme kinetics influence cellular metabolism and metabolic flux
• Describe feedback inhibition and how regulatory motifs balance energy production and biosynthesis
• Evaluate how compartmentalization and environmental conditions affect enzyme activity in Alberta species+ Show more

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• Explain how community initiatives can improve public health and create safer environments.
• Describe how collaboration between community members, leaders, and organizations supports health campaigns.
• Identify ways individual behaviors can be influenced by community health efforts and advocacy.

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• Explain how organ structure and tissue types work together to carry out physiological functions (e.g., nutrient processing, gas exchange).
• Analyze how organ-level interfaces with the external environment support survival and reproduction across different environments in Alberta.
• Use examples from plant root systems and mammalian digestive organs to describe structure–function relationships, including vascularization and microbial interactions.

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• Use feeling words and respectful language to describe emotions clearly.
• Apply “I” statements and active listening to communicate during conflicts.
• Identify strategies that reduce blame and misunderstandings in conversations.

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• Apply a decision-making process to personal health and safety choices.
• Identify options, consider consequences, and evaluate results.
• Explain how reflection can improve future health and safety decisions.

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• Classify adaptations as morphological, physiological, or behavioral and explain how each affects survival or reproduction.
• Describe how natural selection can increase the frequency of heritable adaptive traits over generations.
• Analyze trade-offs and explain why an adaptation may help in one environment but hinder in another.

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• Describe how the sign and magnitude of electric charge determine attraction and repulsion
• Use Coulomb’s law to reason about the force between two charges at a distance
• Interpret electric field lines to predict the direction and relative strength of electric fields+ Show more

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• Explain how mechanical systems transfer and transform energy using forces and motion.
• Analyze how mechanical advantage from levers, pulleys, and gears affects speed and force.
• Evaluate how friction and constraints (e.g., bearings, lubrication) reduce efficiency.+ Show more

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• Explain what risk assessment means and why it matters for health decisions
• Identify possible short-term and long-term effects of common risky choices
• Use a simple decision check to compare dangers with benefits and choose safer options+ Show more

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• Explain how comparing a substance’s properties before and after an interaction can indicate what changed.
• Identify evidence that a new substance formed versus a physical change without forming a new substance.
• Use property clues (color change, gas, solid, new material) to reason about chemical vs. physical changes.

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• Interpret position, velocity, and acceleration graphs by relating slopes and areas to physical quantities.
• Use kinematic graph features to estimate instantaneous and average velocity and acceleration.
• Connect graphical trends to qualitative force and motion scenarios, including uphill/downhill vehicle motion.

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• Use Ohm’s law to calculate voltage, current, and resistance in simple circuits.
• Find equivalent resistance for series and parallel resistor combinations and predict current/voltage effects.
• Apply temperature dependence of resistance to explain how Alberta winter conditions affect conductor behavior.+ Show more

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• Explain how current and conductor resistance contribute to power (energy) loss during electrical transmission.
• Describe how increasing transmission voltage helps reduce current and resistive losses over long distances.
• Evaluate trade-offs in transmission infrastructure, including insulation, transformer use, and grid reliability.

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• Identify whether a phrase or a dependent clause is functioning as a descriptive element in a sentence.
• Distinguish independent and dependent clauses and explain how dependent clauses add meaning such as cause, reason, or condition.
• Revise sentences to correct misplaced or overstuffed phrase/clause structures for clearer logic and flow.

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• Explain how different energy technologies convert energy into usable electricity or mechanical power
• Evaluate energy technologies using efficiency, renewability, lifecycle emissions, and waste considerations
• Use energy return on investment (EROI) and related metrics to compare technologies for specific applications+ Show more

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• Explain how uneven heating of Earth drives rising and sinking air that forms global wind patterns.
• Describe how warm air and cool air differ in density and how that affects movement in the atmosphere.
• Connect atmospheric circulation to moisture transport and the development of storms.+ Show more

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• Identify what makes a counterclaim credible, specific, and fairly represented.
• Write a rebuttal that uses logical reasoning and relevant evidence to strengthen the original claim.
• Evaluate whether a counterclaim is a straw position or a real alternative viewpoint.

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• Select quotations or closely paraphrased details that directly support a claim about what a text states or implies.
• Evaluate whether evidence is specific, relevant, and connected to the reasoning behind an interpretation.
• Explain how evidence clarifies an author’s purpose without repeating plot or general observations.+ Show more

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• Identify an author’s purpose in an informational or public service text (inform, clarify, or persuade).
• Distinguish reasons from evidence by using text clues and support details.
• Explain how reasons and evidence connect to the author’s claim and purpose.

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• Identify situations where someone may need support or understanding
• Demonstrate healthy ways to request help from trusted people or professionals
• Explain how supportive communication and empathy strengthen mental health and community

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• Explain how adaptive radiation leads to rapid formation of multiple closely related species.
• Connect environmental pressures and resource availability to differences in morphology, behavior, and physiology.
• Interpret phylogenetic patterns to describe branching bursts and timing of ecological opportunity.+ Show more

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• Identify text structure patterns (cause-and-effect and compare-contrast) to understand relationships between ideas.
• Use headings, topic sentences, and repeated keywords as clues to how a text is organized.
• Explain how structure helps the author achieve a purpose and deepen a reader’s understanding.

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• Identify an author’s claim and key positions in an informational text
• Analyze how evidence, explanations, and assumptions work together to support reasoning
• Evaluate how writers address counterpoints or constraints to strengthen credibility+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth’s tilt, orbital eccentricity, and precession can change incoming solar energy and seasonal intensity
• Describe how paleoclimate evidence (ice cores and sediment layers) can reveal repeating climate rhythms
• Evaluate how climate models connect astronomical cycles to long-term insulation patterns

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• Explain how percent efficiency, EROI, COP, and LCOE quantify different kinds of energy or system performance.
• Interpret efficiency metrics by identifying assumptions, boundaries, and time scales used in the calculations.
• Compare technologies by using multiple metrics and accounting for trade-offs such as emissions, land use, and reserve requirements.

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• Use context clues and word parts (prefixes, roots, suffixes) to infer the meaning of academic vocabulary.
• Replace vague words with precise academic nouns and verbs to improve clarity and accuracy.
• Evaluate how word choice affects tone, purpose, and audience in formal writing.

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• Identify complex modifiers (dependent phrases and clauses) and determine what noun or verb they modify
• Revise sentences to prevent misplaced and dangling modifiers by improving modifier placement and attachment
• Explain how complex modifiers add clarity when summarizing events or analyzing claims and character development+ Show more

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• Identify and distinguish metaphor, simile, and personification in context.
• Revise sentences to use figurative language purposefully while preserving clarity.
• Explain how figurative language supports a theme, claim, or characterization in formal writing.+ Show more

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• Identify how parallel structure improves clarity by keeping grammatical forms consistent in lists and comparisons.
• Correct broken parallelism in sentences that combine claims with reasons or evidence with explanations.
• Apply consistent verb, noun, or adjective patterns to strengthen argumentation and persuasive rhythm.

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• Explain how meiosis reduces chromosome number from diploid (2n) to haploid (n).
• Describe how crossing over and independent assortment create genetic variation in gametes.
• Connect heritable genetic variation to natural selection and evolutionary change in populations.