Environmental Health Hazards

The process of using statistical methods to estimate how much harm a particular hazard can cause to human health or to the environment.

• Risk management

• Risk development

• Risk assessment

• Risk prevention

Involves deciding whether and how to reduce a particular risk to a certain level and at what cost.

• Risk management

• Risk development

• Risk assessment

• Risk prevention

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

It is the situation that could be dangerous to people in the workplace.

• Hazard

• Microorganism

• Risk

• Contaminant

It is caused by organisms such as viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites.

• Biological

• Chemical

• Physical

• Psychological

Type of hazard in a form of solid, liquid, vapor or gaseous substances, dust, fume or mist.

• Biological

• Chemical

• Physical

• Safety

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which aspect of health impacts a person's interactions with others?

• emotional

• social

• physical

• mental

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

• biological hazards 
• social hazards
• chemical hazards
• physical hazards

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What do asbestos, radon, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, and lead all have in common? 

• They are chemical hazards that can be found indoors. 
• They are highly dangerous carinogens
• Exposure to them cannot be prevented. 
• They are unnatural and made only by humans. 

This is a type of hazard that are from harmful chemicals that we can get from air, water, soil, food and human-made products.

• Biological hazards

• Chemical hazards

• Natural hazards

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

A basic principle of toxicology is that the risk of a chemical hazard depends on the level of exposure.

• true
• false

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-5