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Grade 4 · On-level practice · 10 questions · Version PG-XFJCT9-102C

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1.Why are food webs more realistic than single food chains?
2.Which layer of Earth is liquid iron and nickel?
3.How do greenhouse gases warm Earth?
4.Which blood cells fight infection?
5.What is the difference between weather and climate?
6.What is the role of chlorophyll?
7.State Newton's third-law force pair when swimming.
8.What type of boundary forms when plates move apart?
9.Why does salt lower water's freezing point?
10.What is the pH of a neutral solution?

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  1. Why are food webs more realistic than single food chains?Organisms have multiple food sources and predators
  2. Which layer of Earth is liquid iron and nickel?Outer core
  3. How do greenhouse gases warm Earth?They absorb and re-emit infrared energy
  4. Which blood cells fight infection?White blood cells
  5. What is the difference between weather and climate?Weather is short-term; climate is long-term patterns
  6. What is the role of chlorophyll?Absorb light for photosynthesis
  7. State Newton's third-law force pair when swimming.Push water back; water pushes swimmer forward
  8. What type of boundary forms when plates move apart?Divergent boundary
  9. Why does salt lower water's freezing point?It disrupts ice crystal formation
  10. What is the pH of a neutral solution?7

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