APES Risks

Chemicals, ionizing radiation, and viruses that cause or promote the development of uncontrolable growth

• mutagen
• carcinogen
• cancer
• teratogen

The amount of a potentially harmful substance an individual ingests, inhales, or absorbs through the skin.

• dose
• LD50
• median lethal dose
• dose-response curve

Amount of a toxic material per unit of body weight of test animals that kills half the test population in a certain time

• risk assessment
• risk management
• LD50
• LD60

Chemical or form of radiation that causes inheritable changes in the DNA molecules in the genes found in chromosomes

• teratogen
• mutagen
• carcinogen
• metastasis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Chemical, ionizing agent, or virus that causes birth defects

• carcinogen
• teratogen
• mutation
• mutagen

Using risk measurement and other information to determine options and make decisions about reducing or eliminating risks

• risk assessment
• risk analysis
• risk communication
• risk management

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Tuberculosis

• is transmitted by mosquitoes
• has been almost entirely eliminated in the world
• is caused by a virus
• has strains that have developed resistance to antibiotics

Atrazine and DDT are examples of

• neurotoxins
• endocrine disruptors
• carcinogens
• teratogens

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

What is the definition of risk?

• The possibility of suffering harm or loss

• The scientific process of estimating the threat that particular hazards pose to human health.

• The possibility of fear or danger

• The possibility of suffering harm

What is biomagnification?

• Only in animals found in oceans

• Cells storing nutrients and essential minerals.

• Lower level of harmful chemicals in the cells of organisms.

• Higher concentration of harmful chemicals in cells of organisms.