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PSSA Vocab 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| biotechnology engineering | the best course to equip a student for this field. Biotechnology Engineering is a combination of engineering, chemistry, genetics, bio-chemistry and microbiology. |
| consumer | Those organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms and their remains. |
| 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 or the environment. |
| incinerating | Burning to ashes; reducing to ashes. |
| nonpoint source pollution | Contamination that originates from many locations that all discharge into a location (e.g., a lake, stream, land area). |
| point source pollution | Pollutants discharged from a single identifiable location (e.g., pipes, ditches, channels, sewers, tunnels, containers of various types). |
| risk management | A strategy developed to reduce or control the chance of harm or loss to one’s health or life; the process of identifying, evaluating, selecting and implementing actions to reduce risk to human health and to ecosystems. |
| waste stream | The flow of (waste) materials from generation, collection and separation to disposal. |
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