PHS ES Chapter 9 Vocab Quiz

the study of how environmental factors affect human health and quality of life

• Environmental Health

• Dose

• Hazard

• Response

the level of exposure to a pollutant or other hazardous substance

• Environmental Health

• Dose

• Hazard

• Response

something that threatens or is harmful to human health

• Environmental Health

• Dose

• Hazard

• Response

the effect on an organism of exposure to a pollutant or other hazardous substance

• Environmental Health

• Dose

• Hazard

• Response

the probability that a hazard will cause a harmful response

• Pathogen

• Dose-response relationship

• Epidemiology

• Risk

a disease-causing organism

• Pathogen

• Dose-response relationship

• Epidemiology

• Risk

the effect on an organism at different levels of exposure to a pollutant or other hazardous substance

• Pathogen

• Dose-response relationship

• Epidemiology

• Risk

the study of disease in human populations

• Pathogen

• Dose-response relationship

• Epidemiology

• Risk

the study of how poisons affect an organism’s health

• Toxicology

• Risk Assessment

• Toxicity

• Pollution

the degree to which a substance is harmful to an organism

• Toxicology

• Risk Assessment

• Toxicity

• Pollution