5.3 Environmental Health Practice

Viruses, bacteria, and other organisms in the environment that harm human health are classified as

• Biological Hazards

• Social Hazards

• Chemical Hazards

• Physical Hazards

When a chemical poses a danger to organisms, Possibility of exposure to harmful chemicals

• Biological Hazards

• Social Hazards

• Chemical Hazards

• Physical Hazards

when a physical force such as a tornado, fire, or other feature poses a danger to organisms

• Biological Hazards

• Social Hazards

• Chemical Hazards

• Physical Hazards

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Lifestyle choices that endanger health

• Biological Hazards

• Social Hazards

• Chemical Hazards

• Physical Hazards

the degree to which a substance is biologically harmful.

• Toxicity

• Pollution

• Mutagen

physical and chemical agents that interact with DNA to cause mutations

• Toxicity

• Pollution

• Mutagen

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Release of harmful materials into the environment

• Toxicity

• Pollution

• Mutagen

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

type of invertebrate that can carry lyme disease and Rocky mountain spotted fever

• Mosquito

• Tick

• Lice

• Flea

type of invertebrate that can carry diseases such as typhus

• Mosquito

• Tick

• Lice

• Flea

invertebrate that can carry diseases such as typhus and plague

• Mosquito

• Tick

• Lice

• Flea