Environmental Toxins

Harm is caused by contact

• physical hazards

• chemical hazard

• biological hazard

Infectious disease caused by exposure to living organisms like bacteria or insects.

• physical hazard

• chemical hazard

• biological hazard

Acids, alkalines, heavy metals, etc

• chemical hazard

• physical hazard

• biological hazard

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

diseases were caused by poisonous vapors or mists containing particles from decomposing matter

• miasma theory

• evolutionary theory

• cell theory

infectious diseases are the result of infectious agents like bacteria and viruses that replicate inside our bodies

• miasma theory

• cell theory

• germ theory

independent living cells

• unicellular

• multicellular

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

cells with a nucleus

• prokaryotic

• eukaryotic

many cells working together

• unicellular

• multicellular

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

cells lack a nucleus

• eukaryotic

• prokaryotic

Eukaryotic, thrive in dark, moist conditions.​

Spread by contact

• fungi

• bacteria

• viruses

• prions

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5