ENV320 FINAL FINAL TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ solar system.
Answer: sun, planets, and all the other objects that revolve around the sun
◍ What percentage of deaths are due to unhealthy environments.
Answer: 25%
◍ galaxy.
Answer: large group of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity; can be
elliptical, spiral, or irregular
◍ universe.
Answer: all matter and energy that exists in space
◍ Who bears the greatest share of environmental disease.
Answer: low and middle income countries
◍ precession.
Answer: a slow motion of Earth's axis that traces out a cone over a period of
26,000 years
◍ Who do environmental impacts mostly affect.
Answer: uneven across age and mostly affect the poor
◍ What is the most significant predictor of a person living near contaminated
air, water, or soil.
Answer: race
◍ nutation.
Answer: wobbling of the Earth's axis that is superimposed on Earth's
precession.
,◍ 56% of who are near toxic waste sites.
Answer: people of color
◍ Who denies people of colors claims against polluters.
Answer: EPA
◍ barycenter.
Answer: the common center of mass around which two or more bodies
revolve
◍ rotation.
Answer: spinning of Earth on its imaginary axis, which takes about 24 hours
to complete and causes day and night to occur
◍ When do you take an exposure history.
Answer: whenever a condition warrants an investigationchronic unexplained
illnessimportant in many disease processes
◍ revolution.
Answer: Earth's yearlong elliptical orbit around the sun
◍ fusion.
Answer: a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive
nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
◍ fission.
Answer: a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller
nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
◍ apogee.
Answer: the point in its orbit when a planet or satellite is farthest away from
the earth
◍ perigee.
Answer: the point in its orbit when a planet or satellite is nearest to the earth
◍ season.
Answer: short period of climate change in an area caused by the tilt of
, Earth's axis as Earth revolves around the sun
◍ What is the goal of taking exposure history.
Answer: identify the hazardavoiding or stopping exposurepreventing
diseaseearly identification and treatment of diseasearresting or reversing the
progression of the patients illness
◍ autumnal equinox.
Answer: day of the year that marks the beginning of fall in the northern
hemisphere
◍ What are health effects of noise exposure.
Answer: increase cortisol and oxidative stress
◍ summer solstice.
Answer: day with the most hours of sunlight and the fewest hours of
darkness
◍ winter solstice.
Answer: day with the fewest hours of sunlight and the most hours of
darkness
◍ vernal equinox.
Answer: day of the year that marks the beginning of spring in the northern
hemisphere
◍ electromagnetic waves.
Answer: waves that transfer electric and magnetic energy through the
vacuum of space.
◍ photosynthesis.
Answer: the process by which light energy is converted to chemical energy
◍ radiation.
Answer: the direct transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic
waves
◍ What are some hobbies related to environmental exposures.
Answer: gardeningmodel buildingphotographyetc
, ◍ alternative energy.
Answer: energy sources that do not come from fossil fuels; a renewable or
inexhaustible resource.
◍ biofuels.
Answer: fuels derived from biological materials such as crops and animal
wastes.
◍ nuclear fusion.
Answer: the process by which hydrogen atoms join together to form helium,
releasing energy
◍ What are volatile organic compounds.
Answer: organic(containing carbon) chemicals that easily evaporate into the
airdetected by smell
◍ fuel cells.
Answer: mechanical devices that use hydrogen or hydrogen-containing fuel,
such as methane, to produce an electric current; clean, quiet, and highly
efficient sources of electricity
◍ geothermal.
Answer: a resource uses the earth's thermal energy to heat water and uses
the steam to turn a generator to produce electric energy.
◍ aquaculture.
Answer: farming aquatic species, commonly salmon, shrimp, tilapia,
oysters.
◍ traditional agriculture.
Answer: farming methods in which each family in a community grows crops
for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest
crops.
◍ What are effects of volatile organic compounds.
Answer: conjunctival irritationnose and throat discomfortheadacheallergic
skin reactionetc
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ solar system.
Answer: sun, planets, and all the other objects that revolve around the sun
◍ What percentage of deaths are due to unhealthy environments.
Answer: 25%
◍ galaxy.
Answer: large group of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity; can be
elliptical, spiral, or irregular
◍ universe.
Answer: all matter and energy that exists in space
◍ Who bears the greatest share of environmental disease.
Answer: low and middle income countries
◍ precession.
Answer: a slow motion of Earth's axis that traces out a cone over a period of
26,000 years
◍ Who do environmental impacts mostly affect.
Answer: uneven across age and mostly affect the poor
◍ What is the most significant predictor of a person living near contaminated
air, water, or soil.
Answer: race
◍ nutation.
Answer: wobbling of the Earth's axis that is superimposed on Earth's
precession.
,◍ 56% of who are near toxic waste sites.
Answer: people of color
◍ Who denies people of colors claims against polluters.
Answer: EPA
◍ barycenter.
Answer: the common center of mass around which two or more bodies
revolve
◍ rotation.
Answer: spinning of Earth on its imaginary axis, which takes about 24 hours
to complete and causes day and night to occur
◍ When do you take an exposure history.
Answer: whenever a condition warrants an investigationchronic unexplained
illnessimportant in many disease processes
◍ revolution.
Answer: Earth's yearlong elliptical orbit around the sun
◍ fusion.
Answer: a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive
nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
◍ fission.
Answer: a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller
nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
◍ apogee.
Answer: the point in its orbit when a planet or satellite is farthest away from
the earth
◍ perigee.
Answer: the point in its orbit when a planet or satellite is nearest to the earth
◍ season.
Answer: short period of climate change in an area caused by the tilt of
, Earth's axis as Earth revolves around the sun
◍ What is the goal of taking exposure history.
Answer: identify the hazardavoiding or stopping exposurepreventing
diseaseearly identification and treatment of diseasearresting or reversing the
progression of the patients illness
◍ autumnal equinox.
Answer: day of the year that marks the beginning of fall in the northern
hemisphere
◍ What are health effects of noise exposure.
Answer: increase cortisol and oxidative stress
◍ summer solstice.
Answer: day with the most hours of sunlight and the fewest hours of
darkness
◍ winter solstice.
Answer: day with the fewest hours of sunlight and the most hours of
darkness
◍ vernal equinox.
Answer: day of the year that marks the beginning of spring in the northern
hemisphere
◍ electromagnetic waves.
Answer: waves that transfer electric and magnetic energy through the
vacuum of space.
◍ photosynthesis.
Answer: the process by which light energy is converted to chemical energy
◍ radiation.
Answer: the direct transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic
waves
◍ What are some hobbies related to environmental exposures.
Answer: gardeningmodel buildingphotographyetc
, ◍ alternative energy.
Answer: energy sources that do not come from fossil fuels; a renewable or
inexhaustible resource.
◍ biofuels.
Answer: fuels derived from biological materials such as crops and animal
wastes.
◍ nuclear fusion.
Answer: the process by which hydrogen atoms join together to form helium,
releasing energy
◍ What are volatile organic compounds.
Answer: organic(containing carbon) chemicals that easily evaporate into the
airdetected by smell
◍ fuel cells.
Answer: mechanical devices that use hydrogen or hydrogen-containing fuel,
such as methane, to produce an electric current; clean, quiet, and highly
efficient sources of electricity
◍ geothermal.
Answer: a resource uses the earth's thermal energy to heat water and uses
the steam to turn a generator to produce electric energy.
◍ aquaculture.
Answer: farming aquatic species, commonly salmon, shrimp, tilapia,
oysters.
◍ traditional agriculture.
Answer: farming methods in which each family in a community grows crops
for themselves and rely on animal and human labor to plant and harvest
crops.
◍ What are effects of volatile organic compounds.
Answer: conjunctival irritationnose and throat discomfortheadacheallergic
skin reactionetc
