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PSSA vocab unit 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biomedical technology | The application of health care theories to develop methods, products and tools to maintain or improve homeostasis |
| Consumer | 1) Those organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms and their remains. 2) A person buying goods or services for personal needs or to use in the production of other goods for resale |
| Decomposer | An organism, often microscopic in size, that obtains nutrients by consuming dead organic matter, thereby making nutrients accessible to other organisms; examples of decomposers include fungi, scavengers, rodents and other animals |
| Engineering | The application of scientific, physical, mechanical and mathematical principles to design processes, products and structures that improve the quality of life |
| Ergonomical | Of or relating to the design of equipment or devices to fit the human body’s control, position, movement and environment |
| Hazardous waste | A solid that, because of its quantity or concentration or its physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may cause or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health |
| Incinerating | Burning to ashes; reducing to ashes |
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Bryce Romberger
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