Toxicology mini

Which of these would be an acute effect?

• Asthma attack

• Developing lung cancer

• Developing lifelong memory problems

• all of these

Water with a large amount of bacteria would have a

• High biological oxygen demand

• Low biological oxygen demand

• High heavy metal content

• High rate of biomagnification

Primary or first step sewage treatment involves

• Ozone or chlorine as disinfectants

• Adding bacteria to decompose dissolved waste

• Filtering out sludge

• Releasing water back to the environment

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Which substances are most likely to bioaccumulate and biomagnify

• Water soluble ones

• Fat soluble ones

• Insoluble ones

• Organic substances

A substance that causes birth defects

• Carcinogen

• Mutagen

• Teratogen

• Neurotoxin