PSSA Vocabulary - Pages 3 & 4

What is the definition of enzyme?

• A type of inorganic catalyst

• A type of organic inhibitor

• A protein that decreases the rate of a chemical reaction

• A protein that increases the rate of a chemical reaction

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What does the term 'ergonomical' refer to?

• The design of equipment to fit the human body

• The study of hazardous waste

• The process of evolution

• The study of earthquakes

What is the process of change that explains why what we see today is different from what existed in the past?

• Extinction

• Homeostasis

• Evolution

• Mitosis

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What is the complete elimination of a species from the Earth called?

• Mitigation

• Incinerating

• Extinction

• Evolution

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What is information that has been objectively verified called?

• Inquiry

• Hypothesis

• Fact

• Model

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What is a naturally or man-made condition that presents a risk or is a potential danger to life and property called?

• Hazardous waste

• Pest Management

• Geologic hazard

• Groundwater

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What is water that infiltrates the soil and is located in underground reservoirs called?

• Hazardous waste

• Lentic

• Lotic

• Groundwater

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What is a solid that may cause or pose a substantial hazard to human health or the environment when improperly stored, transported, or disposed of called?

• Homeostasis

• Hazardous waste

• Enzyme

• Mitigation

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What is the tendency for a system to remain in a state of equilibrium by resisting change called?

• Homeostasis

• Inquiry

• Mitigation

• Evolution

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What is 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 called?

• Hydrology

• Mitosis

• Incinerating

• Ergonomical

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