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A balanced force is when two forces acting on an object are

• unequal in size and acting in the same direction

• equal in size and acting in the same direction

• equal in size but act in opposite directions

• unequal in size but act in opposite directions

An unbalanced force is

• when two forces acting on an object are not equal in size

• when two forces acting on an object pull in the same direction

• when an object has no force applied to it

• when something falls over when force is applied

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A change in position compared to a place or an object that is not moving is

• force

• motion

• pattern

• push

Static electricity is

• something that's magnetic

• when you have a really bad hair day

• when something is struck by lightning

• an unbalanced charge that's not moving

An object is magnetic if 

• it's made of plastic or glass

• it is attracted to or repelled by a magnet

• you can lift it

• it does not react when a magnet is touching it

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An individual member of a species is called a(n)

• organism

• life cycle

• family

• carnivore

The series of stages a living thing will go through in its life is called

• birth

• changes

• life cycle

• getting old

Survival is

• to keep a plant from falling over

• to remain alive

• when an organism doesn't get what it needs

• something most animals can't do

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A quality that makes one person, animal or thing different from another is

• a specialty

• a pattern

• a trait

• inherited

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A fossil is

• the loss of an entire species

• a type of rock that is found by lakes or rivers

• a scientist who studies weather

• a trace or print of the remains of a plant or animal of past age preserved in earth or rock

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