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Grade 5 · On-level practice · 10 questions · Version PG-V0F35Z-1AF4

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1.What is density?
2.How do greenhouse gases warm Earth?
3.What type of boundary forms when plates move apart?
4.Why do seasons occur?
5.Why are food webs more realistic than single food chains?
6.What does conservation of energy mean?
7.What cell structure contains genetic material?
8.State Newton's third-law force pair when swimming.
9.Why does salt lower water's freezing point?
10.What is the role of chlorophyll?

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  1. What is density?Mass per unit volume
  2. How do greenhouse gases warm Earth?They absorb and re-emit infrared energy
  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. Why are food webs more realistic than single food chains?Organisms have multiple food sources and predators
  6. What does conservation of energy mean?Energy changes form but is not created or destroyed
  7. What cell structure contains genetic material?The nucleus
  8. State Newton's third-law force pair when swimming.Push water back; water pushes swimmer forward
  9. Why does salt lower water's freezing point?It disrupts ice crystal formation
  10. What is the role of chlorophyll?Absorb light for photosynthesis

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