Deck 13: Environmental Health

Question 1

What is the visual environment? What are three ways a positive visual environment improves health status?

Answer 1

No Answer

Question 2

Fossil fuels are commonly used as a source of energy. List three alternative sources of energy.

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

The phenomenon that prevents heat from escaping the Earth's atmosphere is

A) the ozone layer.
B) global warming.
C) a thermal inversion.
D) the greenhouse effect.

Answer 3

the greenhouse effect.

Question 4

Deforestation affects the global environment most significantly because of which of the following rain forest features?

A) food, rubber, and timber resources
B) atmospheric contributions
C) potential pharmaceuticals
D) natural areas

Question 5

All of the following are examples of "going green" except

A) reusing cloth napkins.
B) washing clothes in cold water.
C) using non-toxic cleaners in your house.
D) washing clothes in hot water.

Question 6

All of the following major air pollutants are direct byproducts of fossil fuel combustion EXCEPT

A) ozone.
B) sulfur oxides.
C) nitrogen oxides.
D) carbon monoxide.

Question 7

A Group A carcinogen causes cancer in

A) animal experiments.
B) computer models.
C) humans.
D) theory.

Question 8

Sedimentation in waterways has the most direct negative impact on

A) human health.
B) aquatic life.
C) PCB levels.
D) agriculture.

Question 9

Eutrophication is

A) water pollution from the decaying bodies of aquatic creatures.
B) the overgrowth of aquatic plants caused by fertilizer runoff.
C) sterilization of waterways due to PCB pollution.
D) dioxin entry into the food chain.

Question 10

Prolonged exposure to noise is harmful to all of the following EXCEPT

A) hearing.
B) stress levels.
C) blood pressure.
D) weight loss efforts.

Question 11

An underappreciated cause of hearing damage in ordinary U.S. households is

A) excessively dry indoor air.
B) extremely hot or cold showers.
C) falling asleep with the television on.
D) the cumulative noise from multiple appliances.

Question 12

The strongest health benefits of the natural and visual environments are in the area of

A) nutrition.
B) disease resistance.
C) cardio-respiratory fitness.
D) stress relief and quality of life.

Question 13

Medical waste is usually disposed of by

A) landfill.
B) composting.
C) incineration.
D) deep sea dumping.

Question 14

One of the greatest dangers posed by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011 was the spread of

A) radioactive material.
B) communicable disease.
C) water pollution.
D) pathogens.

Question 15

A developing country is one that is working to achieve an acceptable standard of health conditions.

Question 16

The primary role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is to educate the public about environmental issues.

Question 17

The Endangered Species Act protects both endangered animals and endangered plants.

Question 18

Acid rain results when ozone combines with water vapor in the atmosphere.

Question 19

Thermal inversions are uncommon because layers of warmer air normally do not reside above layers of cooler air.

Question 20

Sick building syndrome exists when clean indoor air makes people sick for no apparent reason.

Question 21

Runoff creates water quality problems mainly by carrying excessive amounts of water into waterways.

Question 22

Dysentery is an infection of the intestines.

Question 23

Noise pollution occurs whenever the loudness of sound in an area exceeds 50 decibels.

Question 24

When extremely loud noises cause immediate, permanent hearing loss, an acoustic trauma has occurred.

Question 25

Hazardous materials are best disposed of in landfills.

Question 26

Some wastes are disposed of in deep-injection wells, which pump the wastes into rock layers far below the surface.