HSC 3720 Exam 2 Review Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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HSC 3720 Exam 2 Review Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers

Question:What influences physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social
aspects of health?

Ans: environmental health

Question: What considers all aspects of health including environmental
influences?

Ans: holistic health

Question: Including synthetic chemicals, what is a focus of environmental
health?

Ans: toxic agents

Question: Who targets areas like lead poisoning, airborne pollutants, radon,
and water pollution?

Ans: Healthy People Initiatives

Question: What was formed in 1970 to consolidate federal environmental
efforts?

Ans: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Question: What legislation was passed in 1990 to tighten air pollution
regulations?

Ans: Clean Air Act

Question: What do air pollution sources include?

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Ans: burning fossil fuels, surface mining, and manufacturing processes

Question: What is the major cause of air pollution, releases CO, sulfur
dioxides, and nitrogen oxides?

Ans: Incomplete Combustion

Question: Where does carbon monoxide come from?

Ans: from car exhaust, cigarette smoke, and poorly vented areas

Question: Where do sulfur oxides come from?

Ans: from burning coal or oil, found in industrial and urban areas

Question: Where does nitrogen oxide come from?

Ans: from burning fossil fuels, transportation, and power plants

Question: Suspended Particles are a product of what?

Ans: industrial processes, wood burning, and asbestos particles

Question: Where do hydrocarbons come from?

Ans: from organic matter decomposition, gasoline evaporation, and chemical
vapors

Question: Ozone forms where and from what?

Ans: forms in the air from nitrogen oxide and hydrocarbon reactions

Question: What reports daily air pollution concentration, focusing on health
effects?

Ans: Air Quality Index (AQI)

Question: How is upper atmosphere ozone depletion caused?