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- 1. Multiple Choice
bacteria in food
Asthma, bronchitis, and lung cancer
gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning
nerve damage, birth defects, and cancer
black lung disease
brain damage and learning problems
- 2. Multiple Choice
coal dust from a mine
Asthma, bronchitis, and lung cancer
gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning
nerve damage, birth defects, and cancer
black lung disease
brain damage and learning problems
- 3. Multiple Choice
lead poisoning
Asthma, bronchitis, and lung cancer
gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning
nerve damage, birth defects, and cancer
black lung disease
brain damage and learning problems
- 4. Multiple Choice
particulates
Asthma, bronchitis, and lung cancer
gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning
nerve damage, birth defects, and cancer
black lung disease
brain damage and learning problems
- 5. Multiple Choice
pesticides
Asthma, bronchitis, and lung cancer
gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning
nerve damage, birth defects, and cancer
black lung disease
brain damage and learning problems
- 6. Multiple Choice
Two diseases that can be caused directly by pollution are
measles and tuberculosis
lead poisoning and lung cancer
cholera and river blindness
colds and flu
- 7. Multiple Choice
Toxicology is the study of the harmful effects of
substances on organisms
viruses on organisms
pollutants on the environment
antibiotics on viruses
- 8. Multiple Choice
After an outbreak of an illness, scientists use epidemiology to try to find
the origin of the disease
how the disease spreads
how to prevent the disease from spreading
all of these answers
- 9. Multiple Choice
Naturally occurring pollutants can become hazardous when they are
introduced into food
introduced into water
above normal levels
used by industry
- 10. Multiple Choice
Vehicles burning fuel add what pollutants to air?
carbon monoxide and other particulates
organophosphates and other particulates
carbon monoxide and organophosphates
radon and heavy metals
- 11. Multiple Choice
Cholera and dysentery are spread through the environment by
air
water
soil
mosquitoes
- 12. Multiple Choice
People’s actions cause some disease-causing bacteria to become
unaffected by radiation
extinct
resistant to antibiotics
emerging viruses
- 13. Multiple Choice
The hantavirus, Covid-19, and Ebola virus are
common viruses
emerging viruses
treated with antibiotics
prevented by immunizations
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which pollutants cause health problems because they become trapped in the tiny air sacs in the lungs and cause irritation?
particulates in the air
bacteria in the air
bacteria in food
pesticides
- 15. Multiple Choice
In order for people to get malaria, they must
drink contaminated water
eat contaminated food
be bitten by a mosquito vector
have contact with other people with the disease
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