Reading comprehension Worksheets

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• Explain torque using lever arm and moment of force, and interpret how direction is set by the turning effect.
• Use conditions for rotational equilibrium to determine when the net torque on an object is zero.
• Connect net torque to angular acceleration and apply simple calculations involving rotational inertia and applied torque.+ Show more

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• Identify key participants in the American Revolution and describe how they contributed to the war effort
• Explain how foreign allies, especially France, supported the colonies militarily and diplomatically
• Analyze how interdependence among groups influenced strategy and outcomes

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• Explain the three core ideas of cell theory and how they describe both unicellular and multicellular organisms
• Describe how historical scientists and modern microscopy/imaging supported the development of cell theory
• Use evidence from cell structure and cell reproduction to make claims about how cells function and arise

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• Define physical properties and describe how they are measured without changing a substance’s chemical identity
• Use physical properties (mass, volume, density, melting/boiling points, conductivity, and optical clarity) to classify materials
• Explain how phase-change temperatures and density can help identify purity and differentiate substances

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• Explain how melting point, boiling point, conductivity, refractive index, and gravimetric residue can indicate purity or contamination.
• Use “multiple lines of evidence” to justify whether a sample is likely pure.
• Compare how different tests respond to different kinds of impurities and describe trade-offs.

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• Explain how digital tools collect, store, and describe data so it can be reused and compared.
• Use spreadsheet functions and basic cleaning ideas to prepare sensor data for analysis.
• Interpret metadata such as timestamps, sampling rates, and tags to understand measurement quality.

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• Explain how balanced nutrition supports growth and daily energy for Grade 7 students.
• Identify food groups and describe how portion control helps maintain a healthy diet.
• Interpret common nutrition information on food labels to make healthier choices.

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• Identify the criteria that make a scientific question testable and measurable
• Form a clear hypothesis and define variables with operational definitions
• Explain how measurement precision, reproducibility, and documentation improve reliability+ Show more

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• Explain how geographic location can create strategic advantages for cities and regions.
• Describe how coastal and inland locations can shape political and economic development.
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to connect “place” to power and economic activity over time.+ Show more

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• Explain conservation of atoms using atomic rearrangement and electron reorganization during chemical reactions.
• Use conservation reasoning to interpret balanced chemical equations and mass relationships.
• Distinguish between rearrangement (bond breaking/forming) and actual creation/destruction of atoms in reactions.

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• Explain how ports, inland trading posts, and Atlantic markets were connected between 1713 and 1850.
• Describe how merchant networks supported credit, supply, and regional specialization.
• Analyze how tariff and navigation policies affected local economies and trade patterns.+ Show more

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• Explain how observable physical and chemical properties help determine whether a material is suitable for a specific application.
• Connect chemical stability and reactivity to real-world examples such as corrosion and acid resistance.
• Use properties like density, hardness, melting point, and solubility to justify material choices for engineering and environmental needs.

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• Compare fossil-fuel–based energy systems with renewable energy options using evidence about emissions and land use
• Explain how energy transitions affect economic stability and community decision-making
• Assess trade-offs among technology, policy, and environmental stewardship, including Indigenous participation+ Show more

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• Construct evidence-based arguments using a clear structure of claim, evidence, and reasoning (CER).
• Critique arguments by checking whether evidence matches the claim and whether reasoning is logically supported by science principles.
• Use quantitative results and graphical information to compare models and evaluate hypotheses.+ Show more

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• Explain how trade routes, transportation, and resources connect places across the world.
• Describe how communication networks and cultural exchange affect relationships between regions.
• Analyze how geographic location can shape opportunities and vulnerabilities in global connections.

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• Explain how nuclear fusion in the Sun’s core converts mass into energy
• Describe how changes in fusion rate affect the Sun’s energy output and long-term evolution
• Connect stellar fusion processes to the formation of heavier elements and later generations of stars and planets

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• Explain how economic restructuring, land-use alteration, and demographic shifts can reshape a region over time.
• Analyze causes and consequences of regional change, including industrial decline and policy shifts.
• Compare continuity and change across decades using evidence from a text and real-world examples.+ Show more

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• Explain how fur trade, subsistence and market agriculture, and early commerce shaped colonial economies between 1713 and 1850.
• Analyze cause-and-effect relationships involving market demand, credit systems, and migration and how they changed labor patterns.
• Compare continuity and change in household economic choices over time.+ Show more

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• Explain how inland waterways and rail lines function as transport corridors and support regional access and trade.
• Describe causes and consequences of corridor development, including how networks can change over time.
• Analyze how corridor placement affects settlement patterns, economic activity, environmental constraints, and equity.

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• Explain how transportation and industrialization influence the pattern and speed of urban growth.
• Describe how changes in density affect housing, employment, and public services in metropolitan areas.
• Evaluate how urban policies and market forces can create different growth trajectories for cities and surrounding rural areas.+ Show more

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• Explain how control methods reduce the influence of unrelated factors in an investigation.
• Identify control and comparison conditions and describe how they should be kept consistent.
• Use proper timing, calibration, and standardized procedures to support credible conclusions.+ Show more

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• Explain how energy moves through an ecosystem using producers, consumers, and decomposers
• Describe how matter cycles while energy flows one-way through trophic levels
• Identify factors that can change ecosystem populations and balance

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• Explain how distance, time, and speed are related and identify appropriate units.
• Calculate average speed using distance and time and interpret results in context.
• Recognize common sources of measurement error and describe how they affect motion data.+ Show more

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• Explain how filtration separates mixtures based on particle size and pore structure
• Compare filtration with sedimentation and centrifugation in terms of what each method can remove
• Identify limitations of filtration for dissolved solutes and very small colloids+ Show more

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• Classify mixtures as solutions, colloids, or suspensions using particle size and uniformity.
• Explain how light scattering and stability help distinguish mixture types at the macroscopic scale.
• Predict how different mixtures behave during separation methods such as filtration and settling.

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• Analyze how waves, tides, and storm surge reshape shorelines using cross-shore profiles and shoreline retreat rates.
• Explain sediment transport and sediment budgets to describe how beach volume changes over time.
• Evaluate how sea-level change and human structures alter coastal morphology and habitats.

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• Explain qualitatively how ionic strength affects ion activity coefficients in solutions.
• Describe why high ionic strength changes effective solubility and shifts equilibrium positions.
• Apply ionic-strength ideas to real contexts such as saline aquifers and industrial brines in Alberta.

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• Compare the structures of eukaryotic cell organelles and relate each to its major function.
• Explain how membrane-bound and non-membrane-bound components coordinate information storage, energy conversion, and synthesis.
• Use cell structure to predict how processes like protein production and material transport occur.

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• Explain how atmospheric, hydrological, and tectonic processes can trigger different natural hazards
• Analyze cause-and-consequence relationships between hazard events, human systems, and infrastructure
• Evaluate how land-use change and climate variability can shift hazard frequency and intensity over time+ Show more

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• Explain how inherited traits are passed from parents to offspring through genetic transmission and gamete formation.
• Describe how meiosis creates allele combinations and increases genetic variation.
• Differentiate sources of genetic variation, including recombination and heritable mutations.

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• Explain how divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries shape Earth’s surface
• Describe how subduction and continental collision contribute to earthquakes, volcanism, and mountain building
• Connect tectonic driving forces (mantle convection, slab pull) to plate motion and geologic outcomes over time

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• Determine oxidation states systematically for atoms in common species
• Use electron bookkeeping to build balanced redox (half-reaction) equations in acidic and basic media
• Apply redox stoichiometry to predict products and calculate relative quantities+ Show more

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• Decompose two-dimensional projectile motion into independent horizontal and vertical components.
• Use kinematic equations and trigonometric relationships to predict time of flight, maximum height, and range.
• Explain how launch angle and initial speed affect projectile trajectories.+ Show more

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• Compare quality-of-life metrics for urban and rural contexts using clear indicators.
• Explain how historical settlement, industrial change, and policy choices can shape metric differences over time.
• Analyze interrelationships among governance, economy, environment, and cultural heritage, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit perspectives.

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• Explain how light can behave as a wave and as a stream of particles, depending on the interaction being observed.
• Describe how interference and diffraction support the wave model of electromagnetic radiation.
• Describe how the photoelectric effect supports the particle model of light energy.+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth’s rotation and Earth’s orbit create observable cycles such as day–night and seasonal or yearly patterns.
• Differentiate sidereal and solar periods and relate them to Earth’s changing position relative to the Sun and background stars.
• Describe how gravity between Earth, Moon, and Sun leads to tidal patterns and predictable periodicity.+ Show more

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• Analyze how renewable energy, land reclamation, and watershed conservation strategies improve long-term economic viability and ecosystem resilience.
• Explain interrelationships among policy choices, community values, and technological innovation, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledge systems.
• Compare continuity and change between traditional stewardship practices and modern engineering approaches for sustainable resource management.

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• Explain how solar radiation, geothermal heat, and radiative balance contribute to energy transfer within Earth systems
• Describe how conduction, convection, and radiation move energy and how gradients drive atmospheric and ocean circulation
• Relate radioactive decay to long-term mantle convection and volcanic activity, contrasting short-term surface exchanges with long-term internal effects

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• Interpret demographic tools such as age–sex population pyramids, fertility and mortality rates, and cohort analysis to describe population trends.
• Explain how demographic structure influences economic dependency and future labour and social planning needs.
• Evaluate causes of changing birth rates and life expectancy and predict likely impacts of migration and public policy on demographic scenarios.

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• Distinguish primary (P), secondary (S), and surface seismic waves by their motion and how they propagate through Earth.
• Explain how earthquake focal mechanisms reveal fault types and infer stress orientations.
• Use seismic wave travel times to describe how Earth’s interior structure can be modeled and how epicentres and magnitudes are estimated.+ Show more

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• Identify key physical properties (crystal structure, hardness, cleavage, lustre, streak, and specific gravity) used to diagnose rock-forming minerals.
• Explain how chemical properties and mineral composition relate to formation environment and stability under changing temperature and pressure.
• Distinguish ore minerals from gangue and describe how mineral assemblages connect to petrogenetic (rock-forming) history and economic deposits.

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• Explain how eccentricity, axial tilt, and precession change seasonal insolation and long-term climate patterns
• Describe tidal forcing from the Moon and Sun using ideas of gravitational gradients and relative geometry
• Evaluate how resonance and tidal locking can alter rotation, day length, and tidal range

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• Explain that compounds contain two or more elements in fixed ratios and how this is reflected in chemical formulas.
• Differentiate ionic and covalent bonding and predict how bonding affects macroscopic properties like melting point and conductivity.
• Apply the law of definite composition and use formulas to reason about predictable mass relationships in compounds.+ Show more

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• Analyze how ethical duties in the legal profession relate to individual rights and public trust.
• Evaluate conflicts of interest by identifying their causes and predicting their consequences for access to justice.
• Explain how continuity and change in professional regulatory codes affect judicial sanctions and institutional legitimacy.+ Show more

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• Explain how physical processes (rivers, coasts, plains, mountains, permafrost) influence where people settle and build infrastructure.
• Analyze how hazards and environmental constraints affect site selection, transportation networks, and resource economies.
• Evaluate how geography and land use intersect with the rights and experiences of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities.

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• Explain how cultural traits spread between regions through contact, trade, and conquest.
• Analyze how geography (trade routes and borders) can support or limit diffusion.
• Use examples to describe how diffusion can lead to shared cultural traits over time.

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• Explain the major stages of gene expression in eukaryotes: transcription initiation, elongation, and mRNA processing.
• Describe how mRNA splicing variants and post-transcriptional control can change protein outcomes.
• Connect translation mechanics, ribosome roles, and polypeptide targeting to cellular function.+ Show more

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• Explain how membrane structure (bilayer, integral/peripheral proteins) enables selective transport across membranes
• Differentiate passive transport, facilitated diffusion, osmosis, and primary versus secondary active transport
• Interpret membrane potential and electrochemical gradients to predict ion movement and effects on homeostasis