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Grade 5 · On-level practice · 10 questions · Version PG-1N52WV1-1AF4

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1.Why does salt lower water's freezing point?
2.Which blood cells fight infection?
3.What is the pH of a neutral solution?
4.Why do seasons occur?
5.What type of boundary forms when plates move apart?
6.What is density?
7.Which layer of Earth is liquid iron and nickel?
8.Why are food webs more realistic than single food chains?
9.How do greenhouse gases warm Earth?
10.What transfers traits from parents to offspring?

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  1. Why does salt lower water's freezing point?It disrupts ice crystal formation
  2. Which blood cells fight infection?White blood cells
  3. What is the pH of a neutral solution?7
  4. Why do seasons occur?Earth's tilt as it orbits the Sun
  5. What type of boundary forms when plates move apart?Divergent boundary
  6. What is density?Mass per unit volume
  7. Which layer of Earth is liquid iron and nickel?Outer core
  8. Why are food webs more realistic than single food chains?Organisms have multiple food sources and predators
  9. How do greenhouse gases warm Earth?They absorb and re-emit infrared energy
  10. What transfers traits from parents to offspring?Genes

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