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• Explain how scientific models represent and clarify natural phenomena when direct observation is limited
• Identify how explanatory models connect evidence to reasoning through variables, relationships, and assumptions
• Evaluate a model by considering its limits, predictions, and ability to interpret new data

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• Evaluate scientific explanations by analyzing the quality and limits of supporting evidence
• Distinguish correlation from causation by considering mechanisms and alternative explanations
• Assess whether an explanation coherently accounts for multiple observations across contexts+ Show more

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• Describe the main models of atmospheric and oceanic circulation, including Hadley, Ferrel, and polar cells.
• Explain how planetary rotation and the Coriolis effect influence wind and ocean current patterns.
• Identify the connection between circulation patterns and regional climate features such as trade winds, monsoons, and ocean gyres.+ Show more

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• Identify observable indicators of chemical reactions such as color change, gas production, precipitate formation, and temperature change.
• Interpret qualitative and quantitative data from different reactions to determine if a chemical change has occurred.
• Connect macroscopic evidence to particle rearrangement and formation of new substances with distinct properties.+ Show more

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• Understand the relationship between energy transfer, material properties, and temperature change.
• Explain the concept of specific heat capacity and how it affects how different materials respond to heat.
• Relate microscopic particle kinetic energy to macroscopic temperature measurements.+ Show more

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• Explain how competition, predation, and mutualism/parasitism affect species survival and reproduction.
• Identify how species interactions can regulate community composition over time.
• Use ecological terminology accurately to describe resource use, energy transfer, and long-term dependencies.

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• Explain how heat transfer changes energy in matter and affects temperature
• Describe how melting, evaporation, and boiling relate to energy and particle motion
• Use evidence from everyday observations to connect energy with changes in state

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• Explain Earth's rotation and its effect on day and night.
• Describe how Earth's orbit and axial tilt cause seasons.
• Identify key observational events like solstices and equinoxes.+ Show more

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• Explain how travel, media, and technology expanded cultural exchanges among nations.
• Analyze how cultural interdependence can improve understanding while also creating tensions about identity and representation.
• Evaluate how cultural exchanges influence art, music, and language through blending traditions.

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• Understand how phenotype results from interactions between genetics and environment.
• Identify examples of environmental influence on traits such as height, skin color, and temperature-sensitive pigmentation.
• Distinguish inherited genetic traits from environmentally modulated traits.+ Show more

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• Understand the levels of biological organization from cells to organism systems.
• Describe how tissues and organs work together within organ systems.
• Explain the interactions between different systems like circulatory-respiratory, digestive-vascular, and nervous-endocrine.+ Show more

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• Describe how electric and magnetic forces depend on source strength and distance.
• Identify examples of electrostatic and magnetic interactions in real-world situations.
• Explain how factors like charge magnitude and separation influence electromagnetic forces.+ Show more

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• Understand the inverse-square dependence of gravitational and electrostatic forces.
• Apply quantitative formulas to calculate magnitudes and directions of forces between masses and charges.
• Use vector analysis to determine net forces in systems of multiple objects.+ Show more

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• Explain how natural selection changes populations by altering allele frequencies over generations
• Distinguish directional, stabilizing, and disruptive selection using examples
• Connect heritable variation and environmental conditions to changes in survival and reproduction+ Show more

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• Explain how predictive models use assumptions, variables, and representations to forecast outcomes
• Relate temperature to kinetic energy using a particle model to predict gas behavior
• Describe how system models track coupled variables over time and generate testable predictions

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• Understand the principle of conservation of momentum in two-body collisions.
• Differentiate between elastic and inelastic collisions through examples and calculations.
• Identify the forces involved during collisions and analyze action-reaction pairs.+ Show more

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• Interpret line graphs and scatter plots that include uncertainty ranges or error bars
• Connect uncertainty (spread and possible measurement error) to statistical comparisons between groups
• Use mean, spread, and correlation ideas to explain trends and relationships in data

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• Explain Newton’s Second Law using the relationship between net force, mass, and acceleration (Fnet = ma).
• Predict the direction of acceleration based on the direction of the net force.
• Use Newton’s Second Law to compare how different masses accelerate under the same net force.+ Show more

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• Understand factors influencing population dynamics, including carrying capacity and feedback mechanisms.
• Identify biotic and abiotic factors that cause population increase or decline.
• Analyze case studies such as invasive species, overharvesting, and drought effects on populations.+ Show more

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• Describe how atmospheric forcing influences geomorphic change and soil development.
• Identify and explain key surface process mechanisms such as chemical weathering, mass wasting, and sediment transport.
• Analyze examples of surface modification including alluvial fan formation and coastal erosion.+ Show more

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• Understand the key factors influencing population size and growth patterns.
• Identify different forms of population trajectories, including exponential and logistic growth.
• Analyze predator-prey interactions and their effects on population oscillations.+ Show more

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• Differentiate kinetic energy from potential energy using real-world examples
• Explain how gravitational potential energy changes with height and how kinetic energy changes with speed
• Describe elastic potential energy and how it depends on spring compression or stretching+ Show more

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• Understand different prototyping methods and their appropriate applications.
• Identify materials and tools used in various prototyping approaches.
• Evaluate testing protocols and performance metrics for prototypes.+ Show more

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• Understand the independent horizontal and vertical components of projectile motion under uniform gravity.
• Apply vector decomposition to predict range, time of flight, and peak height of projectiles.
• Use parametric equations and trajectory formulas to connect initial conditions with motion outcomes.+ Show more

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• Distinguish weather from climate using correct time scales and examples
• Identify common weather variables (temperature, precipitation, wind, and cloud cover)
• Explain how long-term observations form climate patterns+ Show more

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• Understand the principles governing planetary and satellite orbits based on Kepler's laws and Newton's law of gravitation.
• Explain the relationships between orbital period, semi-major axis, and escape velocity.
• Describe the effects of orbital resonance and perturbations on the stability of celestial bodies.

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• Explain the cycling of matter between living organisms and the abiotic environment.
• Describe the processes of photosynthesis, respiration, and decomposition in nutrient transfer.
• Trace atoms through biological and environmental reservoirs using examples of carbon and water.+ Show more

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• Understand how to apply systems and decision models for evaluating mitigation and adaptation strategies.
• Analyze trade-offs among environmental, economic, and social variables using scenario analysis.
• Evaluate policy instruments such as carbon pricing and land-use planning in balancing resilience and sustainability.+ Show more

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• Analyze historical atmospheric CO2 records, land-use change, and temperature trends to understand human impact on climate.
• Identify key indicators such as the Keeling Curve and satellite data related to biosphere and hydrosphere changes.
• Evaluate the effects of fossil fuel combustion, deforestation, and urbanization on climate variables and ecosystems.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of coupled quantitative models in environmental systems.
• Identify the interactions among geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere in modeling scenarios.
• Evaluate the importance of model structure, parameter sensitivity, and uncertainty propagation.+ Show more

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• Understand the relationships among displacement, velocity, and acceleration in straight-line motion.
• Interpret position–time and velocity–time graphs to analyze motion.
• Apply constant-acceleration equations to solve kinematic problems.+ Show more

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• Understand how El Niño influences global weather patterns.
• Identify the atmospheric and oceanic changes associated with El Niño.
• Connect ocean surface temperature variations to climate impacts in different regions.+ Show more

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• Identify how communities exchange goods, services, and information through local and regional economic networks.
• Explain how economic interdependence can increase community resilience during shortages or disasters.
• Analyze how trade, shared resources, and digital platforms affect social relationships between communities.

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• Understand the main drivers influencing global temperature changes over time.
• Evaluate evidence from ice-core records, temperature datasets, and climate models.
• Differentiate between natural and anthropogenic factors affecting climate.+ Show more

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• Describe the processes involved in the water cycle, including evaporation, condensation, precipitation, infiltration, runoff, and groundwater flow.
• Explain how the water cycle connects to weathering processes such as river incision, karst formation, and coastal erosion.
• Analyze the movement of water through different environmental reservoirs and the effects of solar energy and gravity on these processes.

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• Understand the mechanisms of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation.
• Identify real-world examples of heat transfer in thermal systems.
• Explain the roles of heat flux, temperature gradients, and material properties in thermal processes.+ Show more

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• Analyze and interpret data related to earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and fault maps to assess recurrence and impact.
• Understand the methods and technologies used to monitor and forecast natural hazards.
• Evaluate the spatial distribution and potential effects of various natural hazards on communities and infrastructure.+ Show more

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• Describe how different organ systems interact to maintain homeostasis.
• Explain the roles of the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, nervous, and endocrine systems.
• Identify feedback mechanisms involved in regulating blood glucose and temperature.+ Show more

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• Identify producers, consumers, and decomposers in food webs
• Explain how energy transfers between trophic levels and why energy decreases
• Describe how removing or adding species can change a food web’s balance+ Show more

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• Explain how habitat fragmentation divides landscapes and changes connectivity between habitat patches
• Describe how fragmentation can reduce gene flow and pollinator movement
• Analyze how edge effects and isolation can disrupt species interactions and food webs+ Show more

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• Identify a text’s central idea(s) by tracking repeated topics, arguments, and perspectives
• Explain how specific details across paragraphs develop and refine central ideas
• Analyze how shifts in focus, qualification, and escalation affect the ending+ Show more

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• Define and explain torque, moment of inertia, and angular momentum in rigid bodies.
• Develop and understand equations linking net torque to angular acceleration.
• Analyze energy transfer between translational and rotational modes in rolling and compound systems.+ Show more

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• Evaluate a speaker’s point of view by analyzing the reasoning and evidence used to support claims.
• Distinguish evidence from opinion and identify unsupported leaps and exaggerated conclusions.
• Detect common fallacies such as misrepresentation, false cause, hasty generalizations, and credibility attacks.+ Show more

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• Define and explain the concepts of linear momentum and impulse as conserved quantities in isolated systems.
• Describe the differences between elastic and inelastic collisions using algebraic and vector models.
• Relate pre- and post-collision velocities through impulse–momentum relations and analyze center-of-mass motion.+ Show more

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• Explain how genre-specific structure helps readers understand a text’s purpose
• Identify common organizational features of narrative, informational, and persuasive writing
• Choose an order of details that improves comprehension and supports the writer’s goal+ Show more

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• Revise sentences by replacing vague words (like “things” and “stuff”) with specific nouns and verbs that match intended meaning
• Use accurate qualifiers (such as “usually,” “nearly,” and “at least”) to make claims precise and credible
• Recognize how connotation affects tone and persuasive impact when choosing between similar words

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• Use periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas to show sentence boundaries and intended emphasis.
• Apply comma rules to separate ideas and improve coherence in writing.
• Revise sentences to correct punctuation so meaning and tone remain clear.

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• Explain how energy availability decreases across trophic levels in a food web.
• Describe why only a fraction of ingested energy becomes biomass for the next consumer level.
• Interpret energy-flow ideas to predict patterns in food chain length and biomass.