Overview of Env. Health Review

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

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

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

• toxicology

• epidemiology

• dose-response relationship 

• risk assessment

Which of the following is an example of a social hazard that cannot easily be controlled? 

• smoking cigarettes 
• pollution from a factory near your school 
• lack of exercise 
• a high-fat diet 

Individuals respond similarly to the same environmental hazards 

• True

• False

Which of the following is the study of how poisonous substances affect an organism?

• Epidemiology

• Anesthesiology

• Toxicology

• Chemical Hazard

Diseases that appear for the first time or have existed and then begin to spread rapidly are called?

• Infectious

• Emerging

• Pandemics

• Biological

A person's age, sex, weight, health issues, and genetic makeup influence how he or she responds to

• risk assessment

• natural disasters

• antibiotic resistance

• environmental hazards

Which of the following is NOT an environmental hazard?

• biological

• genetic

• social

• physical

Which of the following factors causes different people to respond differently to environmental hazards?

• weight

• age

• health issues

• all of the above

A dangerous pesticide, no longer in the USA, used to kill insects.

• DDT

• Raid

• Off

• Antibacterial soap