PSSA Study Guide 2026
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📋 PSSA Exam Format at a Glance
📚 PSSA Topics to Study (23)
✍️ Sample PSSA Questions & Answers
1. What happens to the volume of a gas when pressure increases (at constant temperature)?
According to Boyle's Law, the volume of a gas decreases when pressure increases at constant temperature.
2. What causes ocean tides?
Ocean tides are caused primarily by the gravitational pull of the Moon (and to a lesser extent the Sun) on Earth's oceans.
3. Which editing strategy is MOST helpful for catching errors in your own writing?
Having another person read your work or reading it aloud helps you catch errors and awkward phrasing that you might overlook when reading silently.
4. Which of the following points is included in the graph of f(x) = 2x - 2?
Explanation: Point (3, 4) is included.
5. What is point of view in literature?
Point of view refers to the perspective from which the story is told, such as first person (I/we), second person (you), or third person (he/she/they).
6. Which layer of Earth's atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
The ozone layer is located in the stratosphere, approximately 15 to 35 kilometers above Earth's surface.
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