Toxicity Quizziz

Choose the age of a person who is at the greatest risk if exposed by a pesticide

• child

• 20

• 30

• 90

All pesticides are hazardous if misused

• True

• False

When the combined toxic effect of two pesticides is much greater than the sum of the effects of each by itself.

• Systemic effect

• Additive effect 

• Synergistic effect

• Risk

When the combined effect of two pesticides is equal to 

    the sum of the effects

• Systemic effect

• Additive effect 

• Synergistic effect

• Risk

When pesticides cause an effect after being distributed 

    throughout the body

• Systemic effect

• Additive effect 

• Synergistic effect

• Risk

The amount of a pesticide that has killed half of the 

    animals in a laboratory test

• toxicity

• hazard

• LD50

• dose

The risk of danger

• toxicity

• hazard

• LD50

• dose

The quantity of a substance you are exposed to

• toxicity

• hazard

• LD50

• dose

A substances capacity to cause injury to a living system

• toxicity

• hazard

• LD50

• dose

Any substance used to control pests

• pesticide

• dose

• toxicity

• signal word