HSC 317 STUDY GUIDE ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
The practice of establishing and maintaining healthy or hygienic conditions in the
environment is: - ✔✔Sanitation
✔✔T/F Solid waste with properties that make it dangerous or potentially harmful to
human health or the environment is classified as municipal waste - ✔✔False; hazardous
waste
✔✔T/F Factors or conditions in the environment that increase the risk of human injury,
disease, or death are environmental hazards - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F A condition that occurs when warm air traps cooler air at the surface of the earth
is greenhouse gases - ✔✔False; Thermal Inversion
✔✔The average U.S resident uses an average of how much water each day? - ✔✔80-
100 gallons
✔✔Tobacco smoke inhaled and exhaled by the smoker is referred to as: -
✔✔Mainstream smoke
✔✔T/F Protecting the public from food borne disease outbreaks lies solely with local
government health agencies - ✔✔False; requires efforts from federal, state, and local
health agencies
✔✔T/F The EPA regulates the registration and labeling of pesticides - ✔✔True
✔✔Porous, water-saturated layers of underground bedrock, sand, and gravel that can
yield economically significant amounts of water are referred to as: - ✔✔Aquifers
✔✔T/F Agents, usually chemicals, that cause cancer are referred to as ozone -
✔✔False; carcinogen
SET A+
The practice of establishing and maintaining healthy or hygienic conditions in the
environment is: - ✔✔Sanitation
✔✔T/F Solid waste with properties that make it dangerous or potentially harmful to
human health or the environment is classified as municipal waste - ✔✔False; hazardous
waste
✔✔T/F Factors or conditions in the environment that increase the risk of human injury,
disease, or death are environmental hazards - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F A condition that occurs when warm air traps cooler air at the surface of the earth
is greenhouse gases - ✔✔False; Thermal Inversion
✔✔The average U.S resident uses an average of how much water each day? - ✔✔80-
100 gallons
✔✔Tobacco smoke inhaled and exhaled by the smoker is referred to as: -
✔✔Mainstream smoke
✔✔T/F Protecting the public from food borne disease outbreaks lies solely with local
government health agencies - ✔✔False; requires efforts from federal, state, and local
health agencies
✔✔T/F The EPA regulates the registration and labeling of pesticides - ✔✔True
✔✔Porous, water-saturated layers of underground bedrock, sand, and gravel that can
yield economically significant amounts of water are referred to as: - ✔✔Aquifers
✔✔T/F Agents, usually chemicals, that cause cancer are referred to as ozone -
✔✔False; carcinogen
