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Grade 5 · On-level practice · 10 questions · Version PG-UQFHH0-1AF4

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What is the role of chlorophyll?

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How do greenhouse gases warm Earth?

3.

State Newton's third-law force pair when swimming.

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What is density?

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What transfers traits from parents to offspring?

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What type of boundary forms when plates move apart?

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Why are food webs more realistic than single food chains?

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Why does salt lower water's freezing point?

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Why do seasons occur?

10.

Which blood cells fight infection?

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  1. What is the role of chlorophyll?Absorb light for photosynthesis
  2. How do greenhouse gases warm Earth?They absorb and re-emit infrared energy
  3. State Newton's third-law force pair when swimming.Push water back; water pushes swimmer forward
  4. What is density?Mass per unit volume
  5. What transfers traits from parents to offspring?Genes
  6. What type of boundary forms when plates move apart?Divergent boundary
  7. Why are food webs more realistic than single food chains?Organisms have multiple food sources and predators
  8. Why does salt lower water's freezing point?It disrupts ice crystal formation
  9. Why do seasons occur?Earth's tilt as it orbits the Sun
  10. Which blood cells fight infection?White blood cells

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