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- 1. Multiple Choice
What are viruses, bacteria, and organisms in the environment that causes human health classified as?
social hazards
biological hazards
chemical hazards
physical hazards
- 2. Multiple Choice
What types of hazards does toxicology deal with?
biological and social
chemical and physical
human made
natural disasters
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which o f the following types of people have a greater sensitivity to environmental hazards?
teenagers
adults
infants
none
- 4. Multiple Choice
The process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm is called what?
toxicology
epidemiology
dose-response relationship
risk assessment
- 5. Multiple Choice
Infectious diseases are diseases caused by an organism such as a virus or a bacterium, which is called a:
pathogen
toxicant
pandemic
carcinogen
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is a disease that has appeared in the human population for the first time and is increasing rapidly called?
environmental
pandemic
emerging
infectious
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of a social hazard that can't be controlled easily?
smoking cigarettes
pollution from a factory near your house
lack of exercise
high fat diet
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is any substance that poses a chemical hazard considered?
VOC
allergen
carcinogen
toxicant
- 9. Multiple Choice
What are chemicals that cause cancer called?
carcinogen
hazard
teratogen
neurotoxin
- 10. Multiple Choice
What are environmental hazards that result from where we live and our lifestyle choices?
physical hazards
chemical hazards
biological hazards
social hazards
- 11. Multiple Choice
What hazards does epidemiology deal with?
physical
chemical
social
biological
- 12. Multiple Choice
What causes people to respond differently to environmental hazards
sex
weight
health issues
all are correct
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is a vector?
pathogen
organism that carries pathogen
type of infectious disease
type of emerging disease
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is an example of a controllable social hazard?
drinking alcohol
emerging diseases
pollution from dump near your home
natural disasters
- 15. Multiple Choice
What does a substance's toxicity depend on besides what it is?
if it was produced naturally
its scientific name
how much you are exposed to
where it is found in the environment
- 16. Multiple Choice
Where are chemical hazards present outdoors?
air
land
water
all are correct
- 17. Multiple Choice
When concentrations of toxicants increase each step up the food chain it is called?
biomagnification
toxicology
risk assessment
epidemiology
- 18. Multiple Choice
What occurs when stress builds up in tectonic plates is suddenly released?
mudslide
earthquake
tsunami
avalanche
- 19. Multiple Choice
What creates mudflows and ash clouds?
storms
tsunamis
earthquakes
volcanic eruptions
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which is associated with a tornado?
storm surge
funnel of rotating air
lightning and thunder
landslides and mudslides
- 21. Multiple Choice
What type of natural disasters occur in Georgia?
tsunami
storms
volcanic eruption
mudslide
- 22. Multiple Choice
What is the effect as a result to exposure of a substance?
dose
response
toxicology
threshold dose
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a dome of water that crashes along the coast?
storm surge
hurricane
thunderstorm
tornado
- 24. Multiple Choice
Includes lightning, heavy rain, and sometimes hail
mudslide
hurricane
tornado
thunderstorm
- 25. Multiple Choice
When large amounts of snow fall at the same time it creates a
avalanche
thunderstorm
earthquake
volcano
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