Chapter 9 Test

The study of how environmental factors affect human health & quality of life:

• environmental health

• biodiversity

• population ecology

• biology

A disease causing agent:

• pollution

• carcinogen

• pathogen

• biomagnification

The U.S. organization that responds to diseases:

• EPA

• WHO

• HIPPO

• CDC

What international organization responds to emerging diseases?

• CDC

• PWHS

• WHO

• WWF

A substance that activates the immune system; for example pollen

• teratogen

• allergen

• neurotoxin

• HIPPO

The increase in concentration of a chemical within an organism over time:

• bioaccumulation

• biomagnification

• toxicology

• neurotoxin

Check 2 types of environmental hazards:

• biological

• toxicity

• WHO

• social

The study of diseases within the human population:

• ecology

• toxicology

• epidemiology

• biology

The measure of how harmful a substance is to an organism:

• toxicity

• emerging disease

• pathogenesis

• pollution

Substances released into the environment that negatively impact people, wildlife & other parts of the environment:

• carcinogens

• pollution

• pathogens

• allergens