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Grade 4 · On-level practice · 10 questions · Version PG-UDNQ6K-102C

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1.Why are food webs more realistic than single food chains?
2.What is the difference between weather and climate?
3.What type of boundary forms when plates move apart?
4.Why do seasons occur?
5.Which blood cells fight infection?
6.Which layer of Earth is liquid iron and nickel?
7.What cell structure contains genetic material?
8.How do greenhouse gases warm Earth?
9.What does conservation of energy mean?
10.What is density?

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  1. Why are food webs more realistic than single food chains?Organisms have multiple food sources and predators
  2. What is the difference between weather and climate?Weather is short-term; climate is long-term patterns
  3. What type of boundary forms when plates move apart?Divergent boundary
  4. Why do seasons occur?Earth's tilt as it orbits the Sun
  5. Which blood cells fight infection?White blood cells
  6. Which layer of Earth is liquid iron and nickel?Outer core
  7. What cell structure contains genetic material?The nucleus
  8. How do greenhouse gases warm Earth?They absorb and re-emit infrared energy
  9. What does conservation of energy mean?Energy changes form but is not created or destroyed
  10. What is density?Mass per unit volume

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