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Grade 5 · Building confidence · 10 questions · Version PG-L70JIS-1K6R

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1.What type of boundary forms when plates move apart?
2.What is the role of chlorophyll?
3.What is density?
4.What is the difference between weather and climate?
5.What cell structure contains genetic material?
6.Why do seasons occur?
7.State Newton's third-law force pair when swimming.
8.Which layer of Earth is liquid iron and nickel?
9.Which blood cells fight infection?
10.What transfers traits from parents to offspring?

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  1. What type of boundary forms when plates move apart?Divergent boundary
  2. What is the role of chlorophyll?Absorb light for photosynthesis
  3. What is density?Mass per unit volume
  4. What is the difference between weather and climate?Weather is short-term; climate is long-term patterns
  5. What cell structure contains genetic material?The nucleus
  6. Why do seasons occur?Earth's tilt as it orbits the Sun
  7. State Newton's third-law force pair when swimming.Push water back; water pushes swimmer forward
  8. Which layer of Earth is liquid iron and nickel?Outer core
  9. Which blood cells fight infection?White blood cells
  10. What transfers traits from parents to offspring?Genes

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