Grade 7 Worksheets

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• Explain the basic structure of Earth's lithospheric plates and their movement.
• Identify different types of plate boundaries: divergent, convergent, and transform.
• Understand how plate interactions influence geological features like earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain chains.+ Show more

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• Describe the agents responsible for erosion and transport of sediments.
• Explain how different erosional agents leave distinctive sedimentary signatures.
• Identify features produced by river, glacier, wind, and gravity-driven erosion.+ Show more

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• Understand different types of competition among species
• Identify the roles of predation, mutualism, and competition in ecosystems
• Recognize how species coexist through niche partitioning and habitat differentiation+ Show more

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• Understand the basic properties of insulating materials
• Learn how material thickness and construction affect heat flow
• Identify regional examples of insulation strategies+ Show more

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• Understand what gas formation indicates in a chemical reaction
• Identify observable signs of chemical change
• Learn to recognize evidence such as color change, temperature change, and precipitate formation+ Show more

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• Differentiate between heat and temperature.
• Understand how calorimetry measures energy transfer.
• Interpret temperature changes to determine heat flow in various scenarios.

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• Identify the main features of divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries
• Understand the landforms produced by each boundary type
• Describe the processes occurring at different plate boundaries+ Show more

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• Define heat capacity and specific heat
• Explain how heat capacity is measured
• Calculate energy needed to heat a substance using specific heat formula+ Show more

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• Identify different types of natural disturbances such as fire, flood, landslide, and windthrow.
• Explain how disturbances affect habitats and ecosystems.
• Recognize how the frequency, intensity, and scale of disturbances influence biological diversity.+ Show more

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• Identify different types of volcanoes and their features
• Describe how magma composition influences landform creation
• Explain the role of tectonic settings in volcanic activity+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of convection and how it transports heat.
• Identify examples of natural and forced convection in everyday life.
• Describe the factors that influence convection flow patterns.+ Show more

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• Explain how beam behavior includes bending, shear, and deflection under different loads.
• Identify how span, support conditions, and span-to-depth ratio affect beam stiffness and safety.
• Use vocabulary from beam loading scenarios to judge whether a design meets service stability and comfort needs.

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• Explain how radiant transfer moves energy using electromagnetic waves without needing direct contact.
• Describe how absorptivity, emissivity, and solar intensity affect heating and cooling of surfaces.
• Interpret how different surface types (roofs, vegetation, snow) can create microclimate differences.

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• Explain how particle kinetic and potential energy change during melting, freezing, evaporation, and condensation.
• Describe how energy is absorbed or released during phase changes without changing chemical identity.
• Connect microscopic particle motion to macroscopic energy budgets and real-world examples such as snowmelt and wetland evaporation.

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• Explain how thermal conductivity, specific heat capacity, density, and phase change influence heat transfer in materials.
• Compare common building insulation materials and construction components using their material properties and practical trade-offs.
• Use property vocabulary (porosity, moisture content, thermal bridging, conductivity) to justify material selection for seasonal performance.

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• Identify signs of physical changes using particle behavior and observable properties
• Explain why physical changes do not create new substances
• Use the idea of conservation of mass in a closed system to evaluate evidence

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• Explain how calorimetry uses temperature change to determine energy transferred in joules.
• Apply the relationship Q = mcΔT and energy conservation to interpret heat gained and heat lost.
• Identify common assumptions in calorimetry (such as negligible heat loss to the surroundings).

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• Understand the importance of recycling in reducing landfill waste and conserving natural resources.
• Identify materials that can be recycled and the processes involved.
• Explore real-world stories of community recycling programs and their impacts.+ Show more

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• Understand the origins and evolution of Santa Claus in different cultures.
• Identify symbols associated with Santa, such as reindeer and sleigh.
• Reflect on the moral lessons and cultural significance of the Santa legend.+ Show more

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• Understand internal force paths in truss structures.
• Identify and differentiate tension and compression members in trusses.
• Analyze common truss forms used in bridges and roofs.+ Show more

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• Understand the kinetic particle model and how it explains thermal phenomena.
• Distinguish between heat transfer methods: conduction, convection, and radiation.
• Analyze regional examples of thermal exchanges in Alberta's climate.

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• Describe the steps involved in the formation of sedimentary rocks.
• Explain the process of weathering, transport, and deposition of sediments.
• Identify different depositional environments and their characteristics.+ Show more

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• Identify observable signs that indicate a chemical change has occurred.
• Explain at particle level how bonds break and form during chemical reactions.
• Differentiate between physical and chemical changes based on evidence.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of specific heat capacity and its units.
• Calculate the amount of energy required to change the temperature of a substance using mass, specific heat, and temperature change.
• Apply unit conversions and interpret tabular data to solve thermal energy problems.+ Show more

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• Understand the principles of calorimetry and how temperature changes relate to energy transfer.
• Apply calorimetric reasoning to calculate energy exchange in Joules.
• Connect observed temperature shifts to heat release and absorption scenarios.+ Show more

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• Understand the roles of producers and consumers in an ecosystem.
• Explain how energy is transferred between trophic levels.
• Identify the constraints on energy transfer within a food chain.+ Show more

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• Explain the concept of radiant transfer and how it conveys energy through electromagnetic waves.
• Identify factors such as solar radiation intensity, surface absorptivity, and emissivity that influence radiative heating.
• Understand how regional differences like high solar angles and snow cover affect radiative balances in Alberta's landscapes.+ Show more

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• Understand the causes and types of faults leading to earthquakes.
• Identify seismic signatures associated with different fault movements.
• Explain how earthquakes release energy and how their intensity is measured.+ Show more

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• Explain the process of metamorphism and its effects on rocks.
• Differentiate between contact and regional metamorphism.
• Identify mineral assemblages and textures associated with metamorphic rocks.+ Show more

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• Define contact and non-contact forces and provide real-world examples.
• Explain how net force influences the motion of objects.
• Describe the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration qualitatively.

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• Understand how magma composition and eruption style influence volcanic landforms.
• Identify different types of volcanoes and their formation processes.
• Explain the relationship between tectonic setting and volcanic activity.+ Show more

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• Understand different types of pollutants and their sources.
• Identify pathways of exposure, bioaccumulation, and effects on ecosystems.
• Link pollutant sources to ecological consequences in terrestrial and aquatic systems.+ Show more

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• Define physical changes and identify their signs and indicators.
• Describe examples of physical changes in real-world scenarios.
• Explain the particle behavior involved in physical changes.+ Show more

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• Understand the mechanism of heat conduction and particle energy transfer in solids.
• Identify material properties that influence thermal conductivity in structures.
• Explain how contact resistance and material continuity affect temperature distribution in buildings.+ Show more

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• Understand the role of solar input and albedo variation in seasonal energy changes.
• Identify processes that influence soil freeze-thaw, snow insulation, and lake stratification.
• Describe radiation, latent, and sensible heat flux pathways involved in seasonal temperature patterns.+ Show more

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• Understand different physical properties exploited in separation techniques.
• Identify the purpose and process of filtration, decanting, evaporation, and magnetic separation.
• Analyze regional examples of separation techniques and their effectiveness.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of carrying capacity in ecosystems.
• Identify limiting factors that affect population size.
• Explain what happens when populations exceed carrying capacity.+ Show more

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• Understand how birth, death, immigration, and emigration influence population size and distribution.
• Identify regional environmental drivers affecting populations such as water availability, fire regimes, and disease outbreaks.
• Analyze how these factors cause fluctuations, extinctions, or expansions of populations.+ Show more

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• Understand the basic concept of the particle model of matter.
• Describe how atoms and molecules interact during chemical changes.
• Explain why mass remains constant in chemical reactions within a closed system.+ Show more

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• Analyze Dr. Seuss's literary techniques such as rhyme and rhythm.
• Create their own whimsical stories inspired by Seuss's characters and themes.
• Identify themes of friendship, perseverance, and responsibility in children's literature.+ Show more

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• Understand the origins and key milestones in global health history.
• Identify major diseases eradicated through collective efforts.
• Reflect on cultural differences in health practices and their impact.+ Show more

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• Explain key events of the Apollo 11 mission and the meaning of the first Moon landing
• Identify important people and mission tasks connected to Apollo 11
• Describe how space technology influenced science, engineering, and culture

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• Explain how magma is generated through partial melting from decompression, added volatiles, or heat transfer.
• Describe how cooling rate and crystallization control texture and mineral composition in igneous rocks.
• Identify how fractional crystallization and magma mixing can change magma composition and produce different rock types.+ Show more

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• Explain how magma composition and eruption style influence volcanic landforms and deposits
• Describe how tectonic settings (subduction zones and hotspots) create different volcanic features
• Connect volcanic activity to changes in local topography and long-term land and soil development

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• Identify the three main plate boundary types: divergent, convergent, and transform.
• Describe the landforms and geologic processes associated with each boundary type.
• Explain how seismic activity differs among divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries.

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• Identify physical properties (such as color, density, magnetism, and solubility) and explain what each reveals about a substance.
• Use observations of heat response and dissolving behavior to draw conclusions about mixtures.
• Distinguish between physical properties and changes that could help separate mixture components.

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• Explain what ecosystem resilience means and how disturbances can change an ecosystem’s structure.
• Describe how population sizes and community relationships can shift after habitat or resource changes.
• Use evidence from population growth and decline to make predictions about ecosystem stability.

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• Explain how tool resolution affects measurement accuracy
• Describe how repeated measurements help estimate uncertainty
• Use error ranges to judge whether two results are meaningfully different+ Show more