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Grade 4 · Stretch challenge · 10 questions · Version PG-11A7DDG-DBMY

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1.Why does salt lower water's freezing point?
2.What is density?
3.What is the difference between weather and climate?
4.State Newton's third-law force pair when swimming.
5.What transfers traits from parents to offspring?
6.Why do seasons occur?
7.What evidence shows a chemical reaction occurred?
8.What is the role of chlorophyll?
9.Which layer of Earth is liquid iron and nickel?
10.What is the pH of a neutral solution?

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  1. Why does salt lower water's freezing point?It disrupts ice crystal formation
  2. What is density?Mass per unit volume
  3. What is the difference between weather and climate?Weather is short-term; climate is long-term patterns
  4. State Newton's third-law force pair when swimming.Push water back; water pushes swimmer forward
  5. What transfers traits from parents to offspring?Genes
  6. Why do seasons occur?Earth's tilt as it orbits the Sun
  7. What evidence shows a chemical reaction occurred?New substances form
  8. What is the role of chlorophyll?Absorb light for photosynthesis
  9. Which layer of Earth is liquid iron and nickel?Outer core
  10. What is the pH of a neutral solution?7

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