Environmental Health and Air Pollution

Front

What is environmental health?

Back

The relationship between people and their environment

Front

Pollution is any dirty or harmful substance in the ________.

Back

environment

Front

What are some major sources of air pollution?

Back

Burning of fossil fuels

Front

Acid rain is rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm to ______ and lakes.

Back

forests

Front

Which of the following is a chemical known to pollute the air? Water, Oxygen, Pesticides, Nitrogen

Back

Pesticides

Front

Landfills are lined with a protective barrier that prevents wastes from seeping into the surrounding soil and ______.

Back

groundwater.

Front

Which of the following is a way to reduce land pollution?
Options:
Use more plastic bags,
Reuse materials,
Increase pesticide use,
Buy non-biodegradable products.

Back

Reuse materials

Front

Create dumping ground away from ________ areas.

Back

residential

Front

What are the primary sources of nitrogen oxides (NOx)? Options: Agricultural activities, Deforestation, Motor vehicles and stationary fossil fuel combustion, Volcanic eruptions

Back

Motor vehicles and stationary fossil fuel combustion

Front

Which of the following is the human health impact most closely associated with atmospheric particulates? Cataracts, Diabetes, Melanoma, Obesity

Back

Asthma