Grade 7 Worksheets

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• Summarize human impacts on ecosystems, including habitat alteration, pollution, resource extraction, and introduction of non-native species.
• Describe consequences of human activities for species and ecosystem functions.
• Explain principles of stewardship such as mitigation, habitat protection, restoration, and monitoring.+ Show more

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• Understand the roles of supports, foundations, and load paths in construction.
• Identify how compression, tension, and shear affect different building components.
• Evaluate material properties such as stiffness, strength, and durability when designing structures.+ Show more

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• Understand the cause-and-effect relationships in predator-prey interactions.
• Identify how changes in predator or prey populations affect community composition.
• Explain feedback mechanisms in ecological systems.+ Show more

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• Understand the concepts of kinetic and potential energy through everyday examples.
• Explain how height and motion relate to different energy forms.
• Describe energy transfer processes in common systems like pendulums and roller coasters.+ Show more

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• Define what a scientific model is and explain its purpose in science.
• Identify different types of models used to represent natural phenomena.
• Describe the criteria that make a model useful and accurate.+ Show more

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• Construct and interpret graphical relationships between kinetic and potential energy, mass, and speed.
• Analyze how doubling mass or speed affects kinetic energy in different motion examples.
• Apply energy calculations and analyze graphs to understand motion and energy relationships.+ Show more

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• Understand how phase changes involve changes in particle energy and structure.
• Explain the concepts of latent heat during melting, freezing, evaporation, and condensation.
• Relate microscopic particle interactions to macroscopic energy phenomena in phase changes.+ Show more

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• Understand the evidence that supports the theory of plate tectonics
• Identify key geological and geophysical data related to Earth's tectonic activity
• Explain how evidence such as fossils, seafloor spreading, and seismic data support continental drift

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• Identify observable indicators of chemical reactions such as gas production, heat exchange, colour shifts, and precipitate formation.
• Explain how qualitative evidence supports understanding of reaction types and extents.
• Connect observational patterns to reaction pathways and particle interactions.+ Show more

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• Identify the factors that influence the solubility of substances.
• Explain how temperature, solvent polarity, and pressure affect dissolution.
• Interpret solubility curves and concepts of saturation and supersaturation.+ Show more

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• Identify patterns in how often natural hazards occur, their typical magnitudes, and where they are most likely to happen
• Interpret hazard maps and explain how recurrence intervals and probabilistic forecasting help estimate risk
• Describe cascading impacts of hazards on infrastructure, ecosystems, and people living in floodplains or coastal areas

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• Understand the different force systems that drive plate motion within the Earth
• Explain mantle convection, slab pull, and ridge push and their roles in plate tectonics
• Describe how these mechanisms influence plate velocity, direction, and episodic tectonic events+ Show more

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• Construct and interpret graphical relationships between kinetic energy, potential energy, mass, and speed.
• Understand proportional and quantitative patterns in energy changes during motion.
• Analyze energy calculations related to objects like a bicycle, pendulum, and roller-coaster.+ Show more

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• Identify the key steps in the engineering design process.
• Explain the importance of defining functional requirements and constraints.
• Describe how sketches and decision matrices assist in comparing design options.+ Show more

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• Understand the key elements of effective verbal and nonverbal communication.
• Recognize how tone, gestures, facial expressions, and body language influence understanding.
• Identify common barriers to clear communication and ways to reduce miscommunication.+ Show more

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• Understand how resource availability influences population growth and decline.
• Interpret logistic growth curves and concepts of carrying capacity.
• Analyze data on population responses to limited resources such as food, water, and shelter.+ Show more

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• Define trophic levels and identify organisms within each level.
• Explain how energy from the sun is transferred through an ecosystem.
• Describe the concept of energy efficiency between trophic levels.+ Show more

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• Understand how folklore, such as Groundhog Day, relates to weather prediction traditions.
• Analyze the scientific methods used in weather forecasting.
• Evaluate the accuracy of cultural beliefs versus empirical science.+ Show more

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• Explain the main processes that form igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.
• Describe how energy (cooling, heat, pressure) and Earth-surface processes (weathering and deposition) connect in the rock cycle.
• Use the rock cycle to trace how rocks change across geologic time.

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• Understand the structure and movement of Earth's lithospheric plates.
• Identify the different types of plate boundaries and their effects on landforms and geological activity.
• Explain how plate interactions influence earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain formation.+ Show more

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• Explore the origins and cultural significance of Groundhog Day.
• Understand how folklore traditions reflect human attempts to predict weather and seasons.
• Trace the historical development of Groundhog Day from European roots to North American celebrations.+ Show more

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• Explain the processes involved in the rock cycle and how they connect tectonics, magmatism, and surface processes.
• Identify the different types of rocks produced in the rock cycle and the environmental conditions that form them.
• Describe how uplift, erosion, burial, and heat contribute to the transformation of rocks.+ Show more

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• Understand the particle model as a representation of matter and its components.
• Describe how particles behave during chemical changes and why mass remains constant.

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• Explain the difference between invention and innovation using historical examples.
• Trace how needs, materials, empirical evidence, and incremental changes contribute to technological advancement.
• Describe how diffusion and cumulative modification shape technological lineages over time.

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• Understand how DNA molecules are organized into chromosomes and how they encode genes.
• Describe the process of chromosome segregation during gamete formation and fusion.
• Explain how genetic variation influences observable traits through differences in DNA sequences.+ Show more

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• Understand how rainfall and water flow influence Earth's surface
• Identify how water can cause erosion and shape landforms
• Recognize the role of storms, earthquakes, and volcanic activity in surface changes+ Show more

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• Construct and interpret graphical relationships between kinetic energy, potential energy, mass, and speed.
• Analyze how changes in mass and speed affect kinetic energy through graphs and calculations.
• Explain the concepts of kinetic and potential energy using real-world examples such as a rolling bicycle, a swinging pendulum, and a roller-coaster car.

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• Identify how standardized conventions improve clarity in technical drawings, schematics, and documentation
• Use correct terminology for orthographic drawings, isometric drawings, schematic symbols, labels, tolerances, and units
• Explain how labels and specification documents support replication and evaluation by multiple disciplines

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• Understand the different types of plate boundaries and their effects on Earth's surface.
• Identify the movements of tectonic plates and their role in geological phenomena.
• Recognize how plate interactions cause earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain formations.+ Show more

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• Understand how to calculate average speed using distance and time data.
• Distinguish between average speed and instantaneous speed through numerical examples.
• Convert between meters per second and kilometers per hour units.+ Show more

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• Explain how evaporation and cooling lead to crystallization and salt/sugar recovery from solutions
• Describe nucleation and crystal growth and how impurities affect crystal purity and size
• Use factors such as evaporation rate and cooling profile to predict crystal morphology and yield

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• Understand the processes of weathering, transport, and deposition of sediments
• Identify different depositional environments such as deltas, beaches, and floodplains
• Explain how sediments are transformed into rocks through lithification

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• Understand how material properties influence energy transfer in systems.
• Analyze and compare different modes of energy transfer such as conduction, convection, and radiation.
• Apply conservation principles to quantify energy performance in passive and active systems.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of thermal conduction and how energy transfers through direct contact.
• Identify examples of conduction in everyday life.
• Explain how heat flows from hot to cold objects via conduction.

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• Understand the physical and chemical methods used in separating bitumen from oil sands.
• Identify and differentiate between physical separation and chemical treatment processes.
• Analyze how temperature, density, and additives influence the separation process.+ Show more

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• Understand the mechanisms of heat transfer: conduction, convection, radiation, sound, and electric current.
• Identify examples and measurable evidence of different heat transfer methods.
• Describe how temperature changes and rate differences distinguish modes of energy movement.+ Show more

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• Define biotic and abiotic factors within an ecosystem.
• Identify examples of biotic and abiotic factors.
• Explain how abiotic factors influence the living components of ecosystems.+ Show more

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• Describe how pressure, volume, and temperature of gases interrelate qualitatively.
• Explain phenomena such as diffusion and compressibility in gases.
• Relate macroscopic observations to basic gas principles without involving formal gas law derivations.+ Show more

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• Understand the structure of Earth's lithospheric plates
• Identify the different types of plate boundaries
• Recognize the geological features associated with plate interactions+ Show more

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• Understand core concepts of optimization in design, including key performance metrics and constraints.
• Identify different methods such as parameter variation and sensitivity analysis used to improve design outcomes.
• Evaluate trade-offs among strength, cost, durability, and sustainability in engineering decisions.+ Show more

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• Understand the defining properties of pure substances and their examples.
• Distinguish between elements and compounds through physical and chemical tests.
• Recognize how pure substance properties serve as benchmarks in identifying impurities.+ Show more

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• Describe the different types of weathering processes at Earth's surface.
• Identify examples of physical, chemical, and biological weathering.
• Explain how weathering influences landscape development and sediment supply.+ Show more

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

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• Understand the particle model as a representation of matter.
• Explain how bonds between particles change during chemical reactions.
• Describe why mass remains constant during chemical changes.+ Show more

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• Identify the main components of a food web, including producers, consumers, and decomposers
• Understand the flow of energy within an ecological network
• Recognize regional examples of food webs from Alberta wetlands and river systems+ Show more

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

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• Explain how abiotic and biotic disturbances change population sizes and community composition.
• Describe mechanisms of resistance, resilience, and succession after a disturbance.
• Use observations and longitudinal data to connect changes in populations to specific disturbance causes.

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• Define net force as the vector sum of all forces acting on an object.
• Describe how unbalanced forces produce changes in motion.
• Explain the relationship among net force, mass, and acceleration using diagrams and reasoning.+ Show more