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Grade 4 · Stretch challenge · 10 questions · Version PG-OXVSQI-DBMY

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1.Why does salt lower water's freezing point?
2.Which blood cells fight infection?
3.How do greenhouse gases warm Earth?
4.Why are food webs more realistic than single food chains?
5.What transfers traits from parents to offspring?
6.What cell structure contains genetic material?
7.Why do seasons occur?
8.What does conservation of energy mean?
9.What is density?
10.What is the role of chlorophyll?

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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. How do greenhouse gases warm Earth?They absorb and re-emit infrared energy
  4. Why are food webs more realistic than single food chains?Organisms have multiple food sources and predators
  5. What transfers traits from parents to offspring?Genes
  6. What cell structure contains genetic material?The nucleus
  7. Why do seasons occur?Earth's tilt as it orbits the Sun
  8. What does conservation of energy mean?Energy changes form but is not created or destroyed
  9. What is density?Mass per unit volume
  10. What is the role of chlorophyll?Absorb light for photosynthesis

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