MIEH 300 Midterm: Success Preparation Guide
Environmental scientists are often asked to reach a consensus before they fully understand the systems
that they study - correct answer ✔✔true
Which of the following is not one of the five disciplines of environmental health? - correct answer
✔✔biology
What term refers to the desire to conquer and exploit nature as quickly as possible? - correct answer
✔✔frontier attitude
Which highly publicized disaster spurred the creation of the Clean Water Act? - correct answer
✔✔Cuyahoga River Fire
Who wrote about interrelationships among living organisms, including humans and the natural
environment? - correct answer ✔✔Rachel Carson
environmental science - correct answer ✔✔firmly rooted in this scientific understanding of the world,
recognizing that the human species creates hazards tot he wellbeing of the natural environment
environmental health - correct answer ✔✔how the environment affects human health
5 Disciplines of Environmental Health - correct answer ✔✔1. environmental epidemiology
2. toxicology
3. exposure science
4. environmental engineering
, 5. environmental law
environmental epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔studies relationship between environmental exposure
and human health
toxicology - correct answer ✔✔studies how environmental exposures lead to specific health outcomes,
generally in animals, to understand possible health outcomes in humans
exposure science - correct answer ✔✔studies human exposure to environmental contaminants buy both
identifying and quantifying exposures
environmental engineering - correct answer ✔✔applies scientific and engineering principles for
protection of human population from adverse environmental factors
environmental law - correct answer ✔✔includes network of treaties, statuses, regulations, common and
customary laws addressing effects of human activity on natural environment
core concerns of environmental health - correct answer ✔✔more than just pollution; focus on chemical,
physical, biological hazards
interaction of genetic traits and with social/behavioral stressors
ancient origins of environmental health - correct answer ✔✔elements can be harsh; ancestors went to
seek shelter
food safety - correct answer ✔✔preserving food
spoiled food
diet
clean water - correct answer ✔✔fecal contamination
Environmental scientists are often asked to reach a consensus before they fully understand the systems
that they study - correct answer ✔✔true
Which of the following is not one of the five disciplines of environmental health? - correct answer
✔✔biology
What term refers to the desire to conquer and exploit nature as quickly as possible? - correct answer
✔✔frontier attitude
Which highly publicized disaster spurred the creation of the Clean Water Act? - correct answer
✔✔Cuyahoga River Fire
Who wrote about interrelationships among living organisms, including humans and the natural
environment? - correct answer ✔✔Rachel Carson
environmental science - correct answer ✔✔firmly rooted in this scientific understanding of the world,
recognizing that the human species creates hazards tot he wellbeing of the natural environment
environmental health - correct answer ✔✔how the environment affects human health
5 Disciplines of Environmental Health - correct answer ✔✔1. environmental epidemiology
2. toxicology
3. exposure science
4. environmental engineering
, 5. environmental law
environmental epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔studies relationship between environmental exposure
and human health
toxicology - correct answer ✔✔studies how environmental exposures lead to specific health outcomes,
generally in animals, to understand possible health outcomes in humans
exposure science - correct answer ✔✔studies human exposure to environmental contaminants buy both
identifying and quantifying exposures
environmental engineering - correct answer ✔✔applies scientific and engineering principles for
protection of human population from adverse environmental factors
environmental law - correct answer ✔✔includes network of treaties, statuses, regulations, common and
customary laws addressing effects of human activity on natural environment
core concerns of environmental health - correct answer ✔✔more than just pollution; focus on chemical,
physical, biological hazards
interaction of genetic traits and with social/behavioral stressors
ancient origins of environmental health - correct answer ✔✔elements can be harsh; ancestors went to
seek shelter
food safety - correct answer ✔✔preserving food
spoiled food
diet
clean water - correct answer ✔✔fecal contamination
