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Grade 3 · Stretch challenge · 10 questions · Version PG-1XC8A5H-1LFG

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1.Which blood cells fight infection?
2.What is the difference between weather and climate?
3.Which layer of Earth is liquid iron and nickel?
4.What is density?
5.What transfers traits from parents to offspring?
6.Why does salt lower water's freezing point?
7.What is the role of chlorophyll?
8.Why are food webs more realistic than single food chains?
9.What cell structure contains genetic material?
10.What does conservation of energy mean?

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  1. Which blood cells fight infection?White blood cells
  2. What is the difference between weather and climate?Weather is short-term; climate is long-term patterns
  3. Which layer of Earth is liquid iron and nickel?Outer core
  4. What is density?Mass per unit volume
  5. What transfers traits from parents to offspring?Genes
  6. Why does salt lower water's freezing point?It disrupts ice crystal formation
  7. What is the role of chlorophyll?Absorb light for photosynthesis
  8. Why are food webs more realistic than single food chains?Organisms have multiple food sources and predators
  9. What cell structure contains genetic material?The nucleus
  10. What does conservation of energy mean?Energy changes form but is not created or destroyed

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Selecting a familiar term without checking its meaning.

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