PSSA vocab 11-30

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Science of carbon-based matter's composition, structure, properties, and reactions.

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Carbon Chemistry

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Link in recycling chain promoting use of recycled products.

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Closing the loop

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Economic goods or products before processing or branding, like agricultural products.

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Commodities

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Mixing decaying leaves, manure, and nutrients to enrich soil.

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composting

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Organisms, often microscopic, that obtain nutrients from dead organic matter, making nutrients available to others. Examples include fungi and scavengers.

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decomposers

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Remove salts from saline water

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desalinization

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Divided into two parts or classifications

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dichotomous

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A community of living organisms and their physical and chemical environment

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ecosystem

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Ecosystem's ability to maintain stability among biological resources for steady optimum yield.

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Equilibrium

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A protein that speeds up a chemical reaction without being altered.

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Enzyme