EHS exam 1 study guide questions
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Environmental health - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the science |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
concerned with the study and control of life forms, materials, and
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conditions in our surroundings (environment) that could exert an
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influence on our health and well being
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What can cause pollution and degradation of the environment? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔overpopulation and industrialization
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Overpopulation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔increases the use of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
resources and more waste generates from it
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Industrialization - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔increasing use of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
resources and waste generation |\ |\ |\
ex. modern construction, cities (can cause greed)
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Why are survival needs important? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔poverty means you cannot afford environmental protections
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- people have to be safe, eat, live, work
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- lack of knowledge/education, health care
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Maslow's principles in action - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔self
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actualization, esteem, love and belonging, safety and security, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
physiological (food, water, shelter) |\ |\ |\
, What is The Commons? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔goat herders
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keep adding another goat to a land that is limited
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Chain of Infection - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔causative agent -->
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reservoir --> host susceptibility --> portal of exit --> mode of
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transmission --> portal of entry |\ |\ |\ |\
Causative agent - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔what causes the illness
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or injury
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What are types of causative agents? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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organisms: virulence, pathogenicity, infective dose |\ |\ |\ |\
- chemicals: toxicity, hazard
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- physical agents: radiation, noise
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- ergonomic factors: back injury, carpel tunnel syndrome
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Reservoir - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔where the agent lives
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What are the two types of reservoirs? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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animate: living things (man (carrier), animals (vectors))
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- inanimate: non-living objects (soil, water, waste, air, food)
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Host susceptibility - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔factors affecting the
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host's ability to get sick or injured
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Environmental health - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the science |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
concerned with the study and control of life forms, materials, and
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conditions in our surroundings (environment) that could exert an
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influence on our health and well being
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What can cause pollution and degradation of the environment? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔overpopulation and industrialization
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Overpopulation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔increases the use of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
resources and more waste generates from it
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Industrialization - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔increasing use of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
resources and waste generation |\ |\ |\
ex. modern construction, cities (can cause greed)
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Why are survival needs important? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔poverty means you cannot afford environmental protections
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- people have to be safe, eat, live, work
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- lack of knowledge/education, health care
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Maslow's principles in action - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔self
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actualization, esteem, love and belonging, safety and security, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
physiological (food, water, shelter) |\ |\ |\
, What is The Commons? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔goat herders
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keep adding another goat to a land that is limited
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Chain of Infection - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔causative agent -->
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reservoir --> host susceptibility --> portal of exit --> mode of
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transmission --> portal of entry |\ |\ |\ |\
Causative agent - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔what causes the illness
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or injury
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What are types of causative agents? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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organisms: virulence, pathogenicity, infective dose |\ |\ |\ |\
- chemicals: toxicity, hazard
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- physical agents: radiation, noise
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- ergonomic factors: back injury, carpel tunnel syndrome
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Reservoir - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔where the agent lives
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What are the two types of reservoirs? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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animate: living things (man (carrier), animals (vectors))
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- inanimate: non-living objects (soil, water, waste, air, food)
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Host susceptibility - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔factors affecting the
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host's ability to get sick or injured
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