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Grade 5 · Stretch challenge · 10 questions · Version PG-1H2YBMW-178N

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1.How do greenhouse gases warm Earth?
2.What is the role of chlorophyll?
3.What is density?
4.Why do seasons occur?
5.What is the pH of a neutral solution?
6.Which blood cells fight infection?
7.What cell structure contains genetic material?
8.Why does salt lower water's freezing point?
9.What does conservation of energy mean?
10.What is the difference between weather and climate?

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  1. How do greenhouse gases warm Earth?They absorb and re-emit infrared energy
  2. What is the role of chlorophyll?Absorb light for photosynthesis
  3. What is density?Mass per unit volume
  4. Why do seasons occur?Earth's tilt as it orbits the Sun
  5. What is the pH of a neutral solution?7
  6. Which blood cells fight infection?White blood cells
  7. What cell structure contains genetic material?The nucleus
  8. Why does salt lower water's freezing point?It disrupts ice crystal formation
  9. What does conservation of energy mean?Energy changes form but is not created or destroyed
  10. What is the difference between weather and climate?Weather is short-term; climate is long-term patterns

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