Quiz about 2022 PSSA Science Vocabulary Word List 1

Question 1

A nonliving factor in the environment - light, water, heat, rock, energy, mineral, etc.

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Abiotic Factor

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Biotic Factor

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Acidic Factor

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Plant

Question 2

Precipitation with a pH less than 5.6 that forms when pollutants mix with water vapor.

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Acid Deposition

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Snow

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Hail

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Basic Deposition

Question 3

Any of a set of possible forms of a gene. (Dominant or Recessive)

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Allele

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Chromosomes

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DNA

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Protein

Question 4

The variety and complexity of species present and interacting in an ecosystem.

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Biological Diversity

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Biomass

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Natural Selection

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Evolution

Question 5

The changing of organic matter into useful liquid, gas, or fuel.

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Biomass Conversion

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Biological Diversity

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Petroleum Fusion

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Nuclear Fission

Question 6

The application of scientific/health care theories to develop products (i.e. artificial heart).

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Biomedical Technology

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Biomass Conversion

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Biological Diversity

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Health Apps

Question 7

A community of living organisms of a single major ecological region.

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Biome

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Environment

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Abiotic

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Population

Question 8

A living part/factor of the environment. Plants, Animals...etc.

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Biotic Factor

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Abiotic Factor

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Cells

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Kingdom

Question 9

Economic goods or products before they are processed and given a brand name.

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Commodities

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Imports

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Exports

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Groceries

Question 10

The process of mixing decaying leaves, manure, and other matter to fertilize soil.

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Composting

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Condumer

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Producer

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Decomposition

Question 11

Those organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms and their remains.

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Consumer

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Producer

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Decomposer

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Herbivore

Question 12

An organism that obtains nutrients by consuming dead organic matter.

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Decomposer

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Producer

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Consumer

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Herbivore

Question 13

To trace the outline; to draw, to sketch; to depict or picture.

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Delineate

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Report

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Record

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Art

Question 14

To remove salts and other chemicals from sea or saline water.

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Desalinization

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Drink

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Salt Removal Technology

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Purify

Question 15

Divided (or dividing) into two parts or classifications.

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Dichotomous

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Split

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Part

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Binary Fission

Question 16

A community of living organisms and their interrelated environment.

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Ecosystem

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Population

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Kindom

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Species

Question 17

The branch of biology dealing with the development of living things from a fertilized egg.

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Embryology

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Zygotology

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Fetusology

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Babyology

Question 18

A species that is in danger of extinction.

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Endangered

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Extinct

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Threatened

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Troubled

Question 19

The application of scientific and mathematics principles to design products/structures.

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Engineering

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Physics

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Chemistry

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Biology

Question 20

The total surroundings influencing each living being's existence (air, water, soil, etc.).

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Environment

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Population

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Outside

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Community

Question 21

A protein that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being changed by the reaction; an organic catalyst.

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Enzyme

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Catalyst

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Structural Protein

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Functional Protein

Question 22

The design of equipment or devices to fit the human body.

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Ergonomical

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Fitted

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Engineered Device

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Equipment Synthesis

Question 23

The complete elimination of a species from the Earth.

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Extinction

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Troubled

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Threatened

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Endangered

Question 24

The tendency for a system to remain in a state of equilibrium by resisting change.

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Homeostasis

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Balance

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Equality

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Symmetry

Question 25

The scientific study of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on the Earth's surface, in the soil and rocks, and in the atmosphere.

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Hydrology

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Water Cycle

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Rock Cycle

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Carbon Cycle

Question 26

Burning or reducing to ashes.

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Incinerating

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Fire

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Ashification

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Magma

Question 27

A systematic process for using knowledge and skills to acquire and apply new knowledge.

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Inquiry

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Questioning

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Hypothesis

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Let Me Thinkinosis

Question 28

Summarizing statement of observed experimental facts that has been tested many times and is generally accepted as true.

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Law

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Theory

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Hypothesis

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Opinion

Question 29

Relating to or living in actively moving water.

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Lotic

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Fish

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Aquatic

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Marine

Question 30

A description, analogy, or a representation of something that helps to understand it better.

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Model

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Design

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Poster

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Globe

Question 31

A process of change over time that explains why what we see today is different from what existed in the past.

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Evolution

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Natural Selection

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Adaptation

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Ecological Diversity

Question 32

Information that has been objectively verified.

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Fact

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Hypothesis

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Theory

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Hypothesis

Question 33

A naturally or man-made condition that presents a risk or is a potential danger to life and property (landslides, earthquakes, erosion, etc.).

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Geologic Hazard

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Disaster

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Fujita Scale

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Flood

Question 34

Water that infiltrates the soil and is located in underground reservoirs.

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Groundwater

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Precipitation

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Runoff

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River

Question 35

A solid that may cause or pose a substantial hazard to human health or the environment when improperly, stored, transported, or disposed of.

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Hazardous Waste

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Pollution

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Nuclear Waste

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Acidification

Question 36

An assertion subject to verification or proof as a premise from which a conclusion is drawn; an educated guess.

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Hypothesis

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Theory

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Inquiry

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Scientific Method

Question 37

A variety of pest control methods that includes traps, bait, and poison.

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Pest Management

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Hunting

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Trapping

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Pollution Control

2022 PSSA Science Vocabulary Word List 1

37 questions

A nonliving factor in the environment - light, water, heat, rock, energy, mineral, etc.

Precipitation with a pH less than 5.6 that forms when pollutants mix with water vapor.

Any of a set of possible forms of a gene. (Dominant or Recessive)

The variety and complexity of species present and interacting in an ecosystem.

The changing of organic matter into useful liquid, gas, or fuel.

The application of scientific/health care theories to develop products (i.e. artificial heart).

A community of living organisms of a single major ecological region.

A living part/factor of the environment. Plants, Animals...etc.

Economic goods or products before they are processed and given a brand name.

The process of mixing decaying leaves, manure, and other matter to fertilize soil.

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