Study GUIDE : ES Chapter 9 - Environmental Health

What are viruses, bacteria, and organisms in the environment that causes human health classified as?

• social hazards

• biological hazards

• chemical hazards

• physical hazards

What types of hazards does toxicology deal with?

• biological and social

• chemical and physical

• human made

• natural disasters

The process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm is called what?

• toxicology

• epidemiology

• dose-response relationship

• risk assessment

Infectious diseases are diseases caused by an organism such as a virus or a bacterium, which is called a:

• pathogen

• toxicant

• pandemic

• carcinogen

What is a disease that has appeared in the human population for the first time and is increasing rapidly called?

• environmental

• pandemic

• emerging

• infectious

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Which of the following is an example of a social hazard that can't be controlled easily?

• smoking cigarettes

• pollution from a factory near your house

• lack of exercise

• high fat diet

What is any substance that poses a chemical hazard considered?

• VOC

• allergen

• carcinogen

• toxicant

What are chemicals that cause cancer called?

• carcinogen

• hazard

• teratogen

• neurotoxin

What are environmental hazards that result from where we live and our lifestyle choices?

• physical hazards

• chemical hazards

• biological hazards

• social hazards

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

What hazards does epidemiology deal with?

• physical

• chemical

• social

• biological