COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE - QUESTIONS & ANSWERS VERIFIED
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1. Questions and Answers
Questions and Answers
Question Answer
A chemical process reducing the number of disease-
What is sanitation?
causing germs on cleaned surfaces to a safe level.
What is sterilization? COMPLETELY Destroys all microbial life, incl. spores.
A chemical process that uses specific products to
What is Disinfection?
destroy harmful organisms.
What does OSHA stand for? Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Addresses issues relating to handling, mixing, storing
What is OSHA responsible for?
and disposing of products.
Single celled organisms that grow in irregular masses
What is Fungi?
that include molds, mildews, and yeasts.
Organism that grow, feed, and shelter on or inside
What are Parasites? another organism while contributing nothing to the
survival of that organism.
Environmental Protection Agency. Registers all types
What is EPA? What do they do?
of disinfectants sold and used in the US.
A system that controls the steady circulation of blood
What is the Circulatory System? through the body by means of the heart and blood
vessels.
Specialized glands that affect the growth,
What is the endocrine system? development, sexual activities, and health of the
body.
Group of organs that purify the body by elimination
What is the Excretory System?
of waste matter.
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