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Aquatic plants have adaptations that help them live in water. For example, the structures needed for making food are located on the tops of floating plant leaves. This adaptation helps the plants —

• absorb sunlight

• capture fish

• stay anchored

• avoid predators

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• Dry, rocky mountains

• Forests of pine trees

• Tall, spiny cacti

• Lakes and rivers

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What is the atomic number of oxygen?

• 5

• Sandwich

• 8

• 17

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How long does it take for light to get from the Sun to the Earth?

• 150 million years

• 10 seconds

• 8 minutes

• Sandwich

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A black hole is formed when...

• After a supernova occurs

• When a white dwarf turns into a black dwarf

• When a black dwarf turns into a black dwarf

• Sandwich

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What is the molecular structure of table salt?

• Sandwich

• Molecular who?

• H2O

• NaCl

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Energy=____to the speed of light squared

• Gravity

• Mass

• Sandwich

• Lightning

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What female Nobel Prize winner conducted research on radioactivity?

• Sandwich

• Tierra Guinn

• Marie Curie

• Isaac Newton

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Who was Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleev?

• Periodic table inventor

• Sandwich

• A singer

• An Astronomer

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