VOCAB

Question 1

suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.

Answer 1

Surmise (noun, verb)

Question 2

Distinctive symptom or characteristic

Answer 2

Diagnostic

Question 3

Substance being analyzed

Answer 3

Analyte

Question 4

Deterioration with age or loss of functional characteristics

Answer 4

Senescence

Question 5

Development over a period of time

Answer 5

Gestation

Various ideas are in the process of ______

Question 6

Moderal soil moisture

Answer 6

Field capacity of soil
“the field capacity of soil was 20%”

Question 7

Solid to gaseous transition without passing through a liquid state

Answer 7

Sublimation

Question 8

Substance foreign to an organism that causes an immune reaction

Answer 8

antigen

Question 9

MRSA

Answer 9

Methicillin-resistant Staphyococcus aureus bacterium

Question 10

study of treatment of cancer

Answer 10

oncology

Question 11

Systematic infection of the blood with microorganisms - typically bacteria

Answer 11

sepsis

Question 12

obtaining nutrients from dead organic matter

Answer 12

saprophytic

Question 13

significant moment of realization

Answer 13

epiphany

Question 14

excessive talk (adjective)

Answer 14

loquacious

Question 15

pertaining to time

Answer 15

temporal

Question 16

Living or existing at the same time or in the present moment

Answer 16

contemporary

Question 17

description of possible future events

Answer 17

scenario

Question 18

soaking up as with water, state of being engrossed in something

Answer 18

absorption

Question 19

process of adhesion onto the surface of something

Answer 19

adsorption