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• Explain the concept of genetic drift and its effects on small populations.
• Identify factors such as bottlenecks and founder events that influence genetic diversity.
• Analyze how genetic drift interacts with natural selection in shaping populations.+ Show more

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• Understand the principles of Mendelian inheritance and how alleles segregate and assort.
• Identify genotype and phenotype ratios resulting from simple genetic crosses.
• Explain dominant, recessive, incomplete dominance, and codominance relationships.+ Show more

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• Understand how human land use alters habitat structure and resource availability.
• Identify the impacts of fragmentation on ecosystems and species populations.
• Link spatial patterns of land use to species' life histories and mobility.+ Show more

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• Identify and describe the subatomic particles within an atom.
• Explain how protons, neutrons, and electrons determine an atom's properties.
• Understand the concept of isotopes and their effect on atomic stability.+ Show more

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• Identify the major Earth subsystems and understand their roles in the Earth's system.
• Explain how mass and energy transfer among atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.
• Use conceptual models to analyze fluxes and reservoirs within Earth subsystems.+ Show more

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• Understand the drivers that influence ecosystem stability and change.
• Identify how disturbance regimes, land-use change, connectivity loss, and climate variation affect ecosystems.
• Analyze case studies such as coral reef bleaching, deforestation impacts, and fire regime alterations.+ Show more

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• Explain how energy transfers from primary sources like sunlight and chemical energy through different organisms in ecosystems.
• Describe the roles of producers, consumers, decomposers, and detritivores in energy flow and matter recycling.
• Analyze how energy loss occurs between trophic levels and how it limits ecosystem diversity.+ Show more

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• Describe the main reservoirs and fluxes of carbon among air, ocean, terrestrial biosphere, and sediments.
• Explain how isotopic tracers distinguish natural carbon cycles from human contributions.
• Analyze the temporal scales of carbon flux, from seasonal exchange to geologic sequestration.+ Show more

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• Understand the processes of weathering, erosion, transport, and deposition in landscape evolution.
• Identify different agents of sediment transport such as rivers, glaciers, wind, and gravity.
• Explain how sediments are lithified into sedimentary rocks and what environmental signals they preserve.+ Show more

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• Identify the major organelles involved in cellular processes and their specific functions.
• Explain how the structure of organelles relates to their roles in metabolism and cellular maintenance.
• Compare different organelles and understand how compartmentation enhances reaction efficiency and pathway integration.

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• Define speed as a scalar quantity, velocity as a vector quantity, and acceleration as the rate of change of velocity.
• Differentiate between speed, velocity, and acceleration using contextual examples.
• Interpret graphs and tabulated data related to motion, including distance, time, and directional changes.+ Show more

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• Explain the concept of covalent bonding and how atoms share electron pairs to achieve filled valence shells.
• Describe how bond polarity arises from differences in electronegativity and its effects on molecular properties.
• Understand and quantify covalent interactions using bond order, bond length, and bond energy.+ Show more

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• Understand the principles of instrument calibration and measurement uncertainty.
• Interpret data involving timed intervals, distances, and force readings with attention to significant figures.
• Recognize the importance of data quality and careful interpretation when analyzing motion and force results.+ Show more

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• Understand the chemical processes involved in material corrosion.
• Identify environmental factors that influence corrosion in infrastructure.
• Analyze evidence of chemical transformation in corroded materials.+ Show more

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• Explain how static and kinetic friction resist motion and relate friction to the normal force
• Estimate frictional force magnitudes using a simple model involving a friction coefficient
• Describe how aerodynamic drag and surface texture can reduce system performance

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• Understand the principles of metric measurement and instrument resolution.
• Explain the importance of calibration in obtaining reliable data.
• Connect raw measurements to data representation and analyze sources of bias.+ Show more

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• Explain how genetic and epigenetic mechanisms contribute to phenotypic diversity.
• Describe the role of regulatory networks and timing changes in development.
• Analyze comparative developmental evidence to link gene variation to traits.+ Show more

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• Analyze how water movement influences Earth's surface features through erosion, transport, and deposition.
• Interpret data such as discharge records and sediment measurements to understand landscape evolution.
• Describe the roles of runoff, sediment supply, and channel morphology in watershed dynamics.+ Show more

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• Respond directly to the discussion prompt using clear, organized language.
• Build on others’ ideas by acknowledging claims and adding relevant evidence or explanations.
• Use effective transitions to guide listeners from claim to supporting reason.+ Show more

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• Explain wave properties (wavelength, frequency, amplitude, and wave speed) and apply the wave relationship to mechanical and electromagnetic waves
• Use superposition, interference, and standing-wave ideas to interpret patterns and harmonics
• Apply basic optics principles (reflection, refraction, and lens imaging) and relate wavelength resolution to instrument limits+ Show more

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• Understand key molecular signaling pathways involved in gene expression and protein activity regulation.
• Identify mechanisms such as transcriptional regulation, signal transduction cascades, and receptor-ligand interactions.
• Interpret how molecular perturbations like mutations or drugs affect cellular functions and systemic outcomes.+ Show more

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• Compare the structural and functional differences among mitochondria, chloroplasts, endoplasmic reticulum, and lysosomes.
• Explain how compartmentalization enhances metabolic pathways, protein trafficking, and signal transduction.
• Analyze the origins, membrane composition, and dysfunction consequences of organelles.+ Show more

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• Explain how DNA and RNA differ in sugar type, bases, and overall structure.
• Describe how antiparallel strand orientation and complementary base pairing guide DNA replication and transcription.
• Connect nucleic acid directionality (5' to 3') to the flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA to protein.

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• Understand the multiple lines of evidence supporting common ancestry and diversification.
• Identify examples of transitional fossils, homologous structures, and genetic similarities.
• Explain how biogeography and radiometric dating contribute to understanding evolution.+ Show more

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• Understand the role of modeling in predicting environmental and climate changes.
• Identify different types of climate and carbon-cycle models and their applications.
• Evaluate the importance of model validation, sensitivity testing, and ensemble approaches in climate science.+ Show more

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• Understand how models are used to test ideas and refine designs.
• Identify outcomes that indicate successful or unsuccessful design revisions.
• Compare model results across different structures to improve performance.+ Show more

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• Explain the work–energy theorem and its application to connecting net work done by forces to changes in kinetic energy.
• Define power as the rate of energy transfer and analyze its significance in mechanical systems.
• Apply integral expressions for work to cases with variable forces and nonconservative dissipation.+ Show more

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• Understand the methods used to determine the age and evolution of the universe and solar system.
• Explain key concepts such as Hubble's law, cosmic microwave background, and radiometric dating.
• Relate stellar evolution models to the lifecycle of stars including the Sun.+ Show more

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• Understand the hierarchical levels of biological organization from molecules to organisms.
• Identify emergent properties at each biological level.
• Explain how components assemble into complex systems in biology.+ Show more

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• Describe the mechanisms that regulate metabolic pathways, including allosteric enzyme control and covalent modifications.
• Explain feedback inhibition and hormonal signals that influence energy flux between catabolism and anabolism.
• Model how enzyme kinetics and substrate concentrations determine pathway rates and system responses to perturbations.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of balanced and unbalanced forces and how they affect motion.
• Identify examples of static and dynamic equilibrium in everyday situations.
• Explain how equal and opposite forces result in no change in an object's motion.+ Show more

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• Differentiate heterogeneous mixtures, homogeneous mixtures, and pure substances using observable properties
• Explain how solutions form using solute, solvent, saturation, and solubility
• Select appropriate separation techniques (filtration, evaporation, distillation) based on solute–solvent behavior

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• Explain how purpose and audience influence word choice, tone, and organization in media messages.
• Identify persuasive versus informational strategies by analyzing details such as visuals, statistics, and framing.
• Determine how audience constraints (age, attention span, literacy level, and goals) affect message design.

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• Understand how conservation of atoms supports evidence of chemical reactions.
• Identify observable signs indicating a chemical reaction has occurred.
• Correlate reactant properties with product identities in various reactions.+ Show more

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• Describe the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in ecosystems.
• Explain energy flow and trophic levels within terrestrial and aquatic systems.
• Analyze the components of food webs and nutrient cycling processes.+ Show more

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• Identify the main idea and key details from spoken messages by tracking what the speaker emphasizes.
• Distinguish fact, opinion, and reasoning by listening for wording and tone.
• Write a concise summary that reflects the overall message and relationships between ideas.+ Show more

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• Explain how producers, consumers, and decomposers contribute to ecosystem functioning
• Describe how energy flows through trophic levels and how matter cycles in ecosystems
• Identify ecosystem components and how biotic and abiotic factors affect populations+ Show more

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• Understand what digital sources are and their importance in local inquiry.
• Identify different types of digital data and their uses.
• Learn how to verify metadata, temporal resolution, and spatial coverage of digital datasets.+ Show more

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• Explain the concept of balanced forces and how they affect motion.
• Identify scenarios where forces cancel each other, resulting in constant velocity or no movement.
• Differentiate between individual forces and net force acting on an object.+ Show more

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• Identify human activities that impact forest ecosystems.
• Describe specific examples of human impacts in Alberta.
• Explain how human impacts affect habitat connectivity, soil, water, and species.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of food webs and energy flow within ecosystems.
• Identify different trophic levels such as producers, consumers, and decomposers.
• Explain how seasonal changes and disruptions affect food webs.+ Show more

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• Classify forces by whether they require contact or act at a distance.
• Explain how the direction and magnitude of forces affect an object’s motion.
• Distinguish vector forces (with direction) from scalar quantities and interpret resultant motion qualitatively.

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• Understand how models represent Earth–Sun geometry to predict celestial phenomena.
• Identify different types of models used in astronomy and their applications.
• Explain how simplified models help forecast sunrise, sunset, and lunar phases.+ Show more

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• Identify the main components of the musculoskeletal system and their functions.
• Explain how bones, muscles, and joints work together to enable movement and support.
• Describe how the musculoskeletal system interacts with other body systems like the nervous and circulatory systems.

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• Describe the hierarchical organization of molecules, organelles, and systems in cells.
• Compare prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structures and functions.
• Explain how ultrastructural features relate to cellular and tissue functions.+ Show more

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• Understand the lattice structures and coordination numbers in ionic solids.
• Explain how lattice energy influences melting point, solubility, and electrical conductivity.
• Describe Coulombic interactions and ion packing models in salts.+ Show more

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• Explain how messenger RNA (mRNA), transfer RNA (tRNA), and ribosomal RNA (rRNA) work together during translation.
• Describe how transcription creates RNA using uracil instead of thymine and how RNA pairing supports genetic information transfer.
• Connect codons and anticodons to the correct matching of amino acids during protein synthesis.

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• Interpret stratigraphic sequences and fossil assemblages to determine relative and absolute ages.
• Understand principles such as superposition, correlation, and unconformities in Earth history.
• Evaluate radiometric decay methods and error considerations in geochronology.+ Show more