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Guide Questions and Correct Answers (Verified
Answers) 2026 Update
Environmental Health & Toxicology
• In health promotion and maintenance, it is important to identify env
health: - ANSWERS risks and interventions
• Example of identifying env health risks - ANSWERS a nurse notes that
cases of poisoning related to transport pod emissions
• Example of identifying env health interventions - ANSWERS a nurse
provides a pt with light sensitivity edu on ambient light detectors
• Toxicology - ANSWERS the branch of medicine that deals with the
effects, detection, and tx of poisons (NEGATIVE EXPOSURES) - the
measurement and analysis of potential env toxins
• Absorption is the process by which - ANSWERS energy or matter
passively or actively enter a system
• Example of absorption - ANSWERS a pt is diagnosed with a disease
after being exposed to constant sunlight
• What are 3 common air pollutants - ANSWERS carbon monoxide,
nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide
• What is the greatest single source of air pollution - ANSWERS
vehicle gas emission
• Major source of carbon monoxide pollution - ANSWERS vehicle
emissions
• Example of carbon monoxide - ANSWERS exhaust
• Characteristics of carbon monoxide that lead to poisoning are identified
by what detectors? - ANSWERS colorless, odorless
, • Examples of nitrogen dioxide - ANSWERS coal, oil, natural gas
• Example of sulfur dioxide - ANSWERS acid rain
• What makes it almost impossible to establish health effects of pollution -
ANSWERS there are thousands of compounds in the air
• What is an env concern regarding food production - ANSWERS
pesticides
• What may contribute to the symptoms of macular degeneration? -
ANSWERS the sun's UV rays
• 2 primary causes of lung cancer - ANSWERS radon gas and
INHALATION of tobacco products
• Radon is second only to which psychoactive agent that contributes to
lung cancer - ANSWERS cigarettes
• Globally, a leading cause of disease is - ANSWERS lack of clean water
• What is the main cause of death globally - ANSWERS lack of clean
water
• Conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age -
ANSWERS soc determinants, env factors
• Social determinants of health - ANSWERS multiple env factors that
influence our health
• Epidemiological investigation - ANSWERS examine env for health
hazards
Disasters & Emergency Preparedness
• What are the 2 types of disaster - ANSWERS manmade and natural
• Examples of natural disasters - ANSWERS Floods, tornados,
hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, blizzards, epidemics, structural collapse
IF NATURAL DISASTER IS THE THING THAT DESTROYS IT
• Example of a natural disaster - ANSWERS a tsunami on the west coast
led to over 20,000 homeless residents
Guide Questions and Correct Answers (Verified
Answers) 2026 Update
Environmental Health & Toxicology
• In health promotion and maintenance, it is important to identify env
health: - ANSWERS risks and interventions
• Example of identifying env health risks - ANSWERS a nurse notes that
cases of poisoning related to transport pod emissions
• Example of identifying env health interventions - ANSWERS a nurse
provides a pt with light sensitivity edu on ambient light detectors
• Toxicology - ANSWERS the branch of medicine that deals with the
effects, detection, and tx of poisons (NEGATIVE EXPOSURES) - the
measurement and analysis of potential env toxins
• Absorption is the process by which - ANSWERS energy or matter
passively or actively enter a system
• Example of absorption - ANSWERS a pt is diagnosed with a disease
after being exposed to constant sunlight
• What are 3 common air pollutants - ANSWERS carbon monoxide,
nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide
• What is the greatest single source of air pollution - ANSWERS
vehicle gas emission
• Major source of carbon monoxide pollution - ANSWERS vehicle
emissions
• Example of carbon monoxide - ANSWERS exhaust
• Characteristics of carbon monoxide that lead to poisoning are identified
by what detectors? - ANSWERS colorless, odorless
, • Examples of nitrogen dioxide - ANSWERS coal, oil, natural gas
• Example of sulfur dioxide - ANSWERS acid rain
• What makes it almost impossible to establish health effects of pollution -
ANSWERS there are thousands of compounds in the air
• What is an env concern regarding food production - ANSWERS
pesticides
• What may contribute to the symptoms of macular degeneration? -
ANSWERS the sun's UV rays
• 2 primary causes of lung cancer - ANSWERS radon gas and
INHALATION of tobacco products
• Radon is second only to which psychoactive agent that contributes to
lung cancer - ANSWERS cigarettes
• Globally, a leading cause of disease is - ANSWERS lack of clean water
• What is the main cause of death globally - ANSWERS lack of clean
water
• Conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age -
ANSWERS soc determinants, env factors
• Social determinants of health - ANSWERS multiple env factors that
influence our health
• Epidemiological investigation - ANSWERS examine env for health
hazards
Disasters & Emergency Preparedness
• What are the 2 types of disaster - ANSWERS manmade and natural
• Examples of natural disasters - ANSWERS Floods, tornados,
hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, blizzards, epidemics, structural collapse
IF NATURAL DISASTER IS THE THING THAT DESTROYS IT
• Example of a natural disaster - ANSWERS a tsunami on the west coast
led to over 20,000 homeless residents
