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Grade 4 · Stretch challenge · 10 questions · Version PG-1068YLK-DBMY

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1.State Newton's third-law force pair when swimming.
2.Why are food webs more realistic than single food chains?
3.What does conservation of energy mean?
4.What is the difference between weather and climate?
5.How do greenhouse gases warm Earth?
6.Which layer of Earth is liquid iron and nickel?
7.Which blood cells fight infection?
8.What evidence shows a chemical reaction occurred?
9.Why does salt lower water's freezing point?
10.What transfers traits from parents to offspring?

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  1. State Newton's third-law force pair when swimming.Push water back; water pushes swimmer forward
  2. Why are food webs more realistic than single food chains?Organisms have multiple food sources and predators
  3. What does conservation of energy mean?Energy changes form but is not created or destroyed
  4. What is the difference between weather and climate?Weather is short-term; climate is long-term patterns
  5. How do greenhouse gases warm Earth?They absorb and re-emit infrared energy
  6. Which layer of Earth is liquid iron and nickel?Outer core
  7. Which blood cells fight infection?White blood cells
  8. What evidence shows a chemical reaction occurred?New substances form
  9. Why does salt lower water's freezing point?It disrupts ice crystal formation
  10. What transfers traits from parents to offspring?Genes

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