Chapter 9 - Environmental Health

What is the cause of malaria?

• a parasite transmitted by mosquitos

• a bacteria transmitted by ticks

• a virus transmitted by mosquitos

• a parasite transmitted by ticks

Match the following hazards

• Chemical

• lifestyle choices like smoking and diet

• Social

• natural disasters

• Physical

• exposure to disinfectants, pesticides, and other toxic compounds

• Biological

• viruses, bacteria, and other organisms that cause disease.

Which two (2) statements are true about dose-response curves for chemical toxicities?

• Low doses are often safer than high doses.

• All chemicals are toxic at a high enough concentration.

• High doses are usually less dangerous than low doses.

• Dose-response curves measure how quickly chemicals evaporate from the environment.

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Which age group is generally most sensitive to chemicals?

• the elderly

• teenagers

• fetuses, infants, and children

• adults

Match the following

• Accidents

• The leading cause of death of all humans worldwide.

• Cardiovascular (heart) disease

• A leading cause of death for children in many developing countries

• Malaria

• The leading cause of death among teenagers in the US

Match the definitions

• Toxicity

• a measure of how harmful a substance is

• Pathogen

• the study of disease in human populations

• Emerging disease

• disease causing agents like bacteria, viruses, and parasites

• Vector

• disease carrying organisms, like mosquitoes and ticks

• Epidemiology

• a disease that has appeared in the human population for the first time

Which organization responds to emerging diseases in the United States?

• World Health Organization (WHO)

• United Nations (UN)

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• World Bank

Identify the three (3) reasons diseases emerge and spread more rapidly today:

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Select the region of the planet that has the highest risk for malaria.

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Match the following

• Mutagens

• chemicals that cause genetic mutations

• Neurotoxin

• chemicals that affect the nervous system

• Carcinogens

• chemicals that over-activate the immune system

• Allergens

• cancer-causing chemicals

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