Safety Vocab Quiz

Sharps

• a factor in the environment that can harm the body without necessarily touching it

• equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards

• a risk to human health or the environment arising from biological work

• devices with sharp points or edges that can cut or puncture skin

pathogen

• emitting or relating to the emission of ionizing radiation or particles

• a toxic substance that may pose a wide range of health hazards such as irritation, sensitization and carcinogenicity

• a disease causing microorganism

• a fungus that usually grows in the dark

PPE

• Poisonous Particle Emissions

• Preventative Programs for Education

• Personal Protective Equipment

• Protective Provision Enforcement

Emitting or relating to the emission of ionizing radiation or particles

• Chemical Hazard

• Radioactive

• Pathogen

• Biohazard

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Microorganism

• an organism that can only be viewed under a microscope

• a specific class of fungi

• substances that emit ionizing radiation

• a part of a microscope

A risk to human health or the environment arising from biological work, especially with microorganisms

• radioactivity

• biohazard

• chemical hazard

• PPE

Which one is a chemical hazard?

• open cleaning solution, such as bleach

• animal waste products in a dirty kennel

• a used needle left on the counter

• radiation from an

  X-ray machine

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

a factor in the environment that can harm the body without necessarily touching the body

• sharps

• microorganism

• physical hazard

• biohazard

Biological hazard

• a hazardous organism that can only be viewed under a microscope

• any biological substance that poses a threat to the health of living organisms

• a factor in the environment that can harm the body without necessarily touching it

• a toxic substance that may pose a wide range of health hazards such as irritation, sensitization and carcinogenicity