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• Use astronomical units (AU) and planetary radii to compare Earth and other planets at an appropriate scale.
• Interpret tables and charts to explain relationships among distance, planet size, and orbital period.
• Use proportional models and log scales to represent large ranges in space size and time.

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• Understand the basic concepts of electrical safety standards.
• Recognize the purpose and importance of grounding, insulation, and protective devices.
• Identify key safety requirements from provincial and municipal regulations.

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• Understand the concept of equilibrium in forces
• Identify situations where forces are balanced
• Differentiate between static and dynamic equilibrium+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of hazards in laboratory and field settings.
• Identify different types of hazards such as chemical, biological, electrical, and mechanical risks.
• Learn how to interpret safety data sheets and hazard classifications.+ Show more

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• Identify morphological adaptations in plants living in dry environments.
• Explain how specific plant traits help with water use and survival.
• Support adaptation claims with details from a reading passage.

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• Identify different types of aquifers (confined and unconfined).
• Understand the basic structure and function of aquifers.
• Recognize the importance of groundwater flow systems.+ Show more

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• Analyze how human resource use changes Earth system components (soil, water, air, and biological communities).
• Explain cascading environmental effects, including erosion, habitat disruption, and climate feedbacks.
• Evaluate trade-offs between economic benefits and long-term system resilience using evidence and sustainability strategies.

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• Explain how balancing coefficients in a chemical equation preserves conservation of atoms
• Use systematic strategies to balance simple chemical equations with whole-number coefficients
• Interpret balanced equations quantitatively using stoichiometric coefficients+ Show more

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• Identify different types of pollutants and their sources
• Understand how pollutants impact ecosystems and organisms
• Learn the concept of bioaccumulation and biomagnification+ Show more

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• Identify independent, dependent, and controlled variables in a scientific investigation
• Understand the role of variables in determining experimental outcomes
• Differentiate between types of variables through examples

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• Explain how genetic variation arises from differences in alleles, mutation, and recombination
• Describe how inherited genotypes influence phenotypes while environmental factors can modify trait expression
• Connect heritable variation to differences in survival and reproduction within a population

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• Explain how matter moves among producers, consumers, decomposers, and abiotic reservoirs in an ecosystem.
• Describe how carbon dioxide, oxygen, water, and nutrients are exchanged through life processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, and decomposition.
• Use simple models to represent how organisms depend on environmental matter and return matter to the environment.

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• Analyze how species interactions (competition, mutualism, predation, parasitism, facilitation, and niche partitioning) influence community structure and biodiversity.
• Explain functional roles such as keystone species and trophic cascades, and describe how interaction networks shape community outcomes.
• Use examples to predict how species introductions and disturbance regimes can alter native community stability and functional redundancy.

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• Explain how friction opposes relative motion between surfaces.
• Compare static friction and kinetic friction using real examples.
• Identify how surface texture and normal force affect frictional force.+ Show more

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• Identify biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems and describe how each affects living things
• Distinguish producers, consumers, and decomposers and explain their roles in energy flow
• Use simple food chains (pond and forest examples) to describe how matter cycles through an ecosystem+ Show more

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• Identify different types of chemical bonds
• Understand electron transfer in ionic bonds
• Describe properties arising from ionic bonds+ Show more

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• Understand different types of data structures such as tables and logs
• Identify proper formatting and units in recorded data
• Learn the importance of metadata and documentation for scientific data+ Show more

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• Explain how push and pull forces can change an object's state of motion
• Distinguish between contact forces and non-contact forces using real-world examples
• Describe how net force relates to acceleration in qualitative terms

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• Explain the mass conservation principle for closed chemical reactions
• Identify evidence of constant mass in sealed systems and in particle rearrangements
• Use mass accounting to describe what changes and what stays the same during reactions

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• Understand how plate tectonics shape Earth's surface through various geological features and processes.
• Identify different landforms and features caused by tectonic movements, volcanic activity, and surface weathering.
• Recognize evidence that connects geological processes to present-day landforms.

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• Identify common external and internal structures of plants and animals
• Explain how structures help organisms survive, grow, and reproduce
• Use models or drawings to show how body parts are arranged and connected

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• Understand the concept of structural and physiological adaptations to cold environments
• Identify specific adaptations that help species survive in boreal habitats
• Analyze how adaptations contribute to survival and reproductive success

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• Analyze evidence for climate change drivers using temperature and CO2 record ideas
• Explain how land-use change and natural variability can influence climate patterns
• Assess impacts of climate change on sea level, precipitation, and food systems+ Show more

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• Explain how human activities affect land, water, air, and ecosystems using scientific indicators and data.
• Use examples of monitoring tools (water-quality indicators, remote sensing, air measurements) to infer trends in human impacts.
• Evaluate mitigation strategies and describe trade-offs between economic needs and long-term environmental resilience.

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• Identify how long-term climate data (temperature and precipitation) reveal patterns like averages and variability.
• Interpret how historical baselines help determine whether current climate trends are shifting.
• Use evidence from multiple years to support claims about climate extremes.

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• Define net force as the vector sum of all forces acting on an object.
• Describe how unbalanced forces cause changes in an object's motion.
• Use diagrams and reasoning to analyze the effects of forces, including friction and applied forces.+ Show more

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• Identify observable signs indicating a chemical reaction has occurred.
• Explain the significance of mass conservation in chemical reactions.
• Differentiate between physical and chemical changes based on evidence and energy considerations.+ 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 habitat fragmentation, land-use change, pollution, overexploitation, invasive species, and climate change affect biodiversity.
• Analyze how multiple human pressures can interact to reduce population resilience and ecosystem functioning.
• Evaluate how anthropogenic pressures can change species behavior, distribution, phenology, and evolutionary outcomes.

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• Identify how Earth's axial tilt influences sunlight distribution and seasons.
• Describe the relationship between Earth's rotation and day-night cycles.
• Explain the cyclic patterns of lunar phases and their connection to the Sun-Earth-Moon system.

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• Explain how Earth’s rotation causes day and night as a repeating cycle.
• Describe how Earth’s orbit and tilted axis create predictable seasonal changes.
• Predict how Moon phases repeat based on the Moon’s orbit around Earth.+ Show more

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• Understand various morphological features used to classify living organisms
• Familiarize with basic principles of cladistic and phenetic classification
• Learn how phylogenomics integrates genetic data for evolutionary analysis+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of pH and its significance in environmental samples.
• Interpret pH data to assess acidity and basicity in environmental contexts.
• Apply stoichiometry and buffer principles to neutralize acidic or basic pollutants.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of neutralization reactions between acids and bases.
• Identify reactants and products in neutralization reactions.
• Perform basic stoichiometric calculations related to neutralization.+ Show more

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• Understand the role of pH indicators in titrations
• Identify suitable indicators based on their pH transition ranges
• Analyze how indicator choice impacts titration accuracy+ Show more

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• Identify key features of titration curves, including initial pH, buffer regions, inflection points, and equivalence points.
• Explain how different acid-base systems produce characteristic titration profiles.
• Analyze titration data to determine the type of acid-base system and endpoint.+ Show more

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• Understand how to calculate [H+] from pH values.
• Interpret the relationship between pOH and [OH-] concentration.
• Apply logarithmic and inverse logarithmic relationships to ionic concentrations.+ Show more

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• Identify what polyprotic acids are and their dissociation steps.
• Explain the concept of sequential dissociation constants in polyprotic systems.
• Analyze buffer regions and equivalence points in titrations involving polyprotic acids.+ Show more

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• Define weathering and explain how it differs from weather.
• Identify patterns of how wind, water, temperature changes, and sunlight affect rocks and soil.
• Describe evidence of weathering changes in everyday environments.

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• Identify key terms related to genetic data analysis.
• Summarize the purpose of analyzing genotype and phenotype data to infer inheritance patterns.

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• Identify the stages and driving processes of primary ecological succession.
• Explain how pioneer species change the environment and enable later species.
• Sequence key events that lead from bare rock to a more complex community.

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• Compare how annuals, biennials, perennials, and woody plants time germination, flowering, seed set, and dormancy.
• Describe seed banking and the seasonal cues that trigger life cycle transitions and dormancy.
• Explain how environmental variability and human land use (cropping cycles and habitat alteration) can favor certain life histories and affect population persistence.

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• Explain why astronomers use different distance units inside and outside the solar system (AU vs. light-years).
• Use the ideas of angular size and brightness to reason about apparent size and distance.
• Describe the scale hierarchy from planets to galaxies in the Milky Way.

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• Identify the roles of tension and compression in truss members using qualitative reasoning
• Explain how the method of joints uses equilibrium at joints to infer member forces
• Compare common truss forms (Pratt, Warren, Howe) in terms of where tension and compression tend to occur+ Show more

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• Use precise scientific language to describe questions, variables, observations, and results.
• Present results using appropriate representations such as labeled tables or graphs and include consistent units.
• Distinguish observations from interpretations and connect evidence to a claim using scientific vocabulary.

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• Define an ecosystem using living and nonliving components
• Distinguish energy flow from nutrient cycling in ecosystems
• Explain the role of primary productivity in food chains

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• Understand human impacts on ecosystems, including habitat change, pollution, resource extraction, and invasive species.
• Recognize the consequences of human activities on species diversity, ecosystem functions, and resilience.
• Learn principles of ecological stewardship such as mitigation, habitat protection, restoration, and monitoring.+ Show more

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• Identify characteristics of invasive species
• Understand ecological and economic consequences
• Recognize pathways of species introduction+ Show more