Ch 17

Question 1

Mycobacterium is the caustive agent of …

Answer 1

Tb (tuberculosis)

Question 2

group of chemicals misused in agriculture and industry.

Answer 2

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Question 3

Less commonly known as Bisphenol A with formula C15H16O2

Answer 3

BPA

Question 4

Carcinogen composed of six carbons in a planar ring structure

Answer 4

Benzene

Question 5

How is cholera transmitted?

Answer 5

Through drinking/eating food or water contaminated by the feces of an infected person.
-Common in street food/shellfish in undeveloped countries

Question 6

Carcinogen most dangerous when inhaled composed of long and thin fibrous crystals

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Asbestos

Question 7

A chemical element that found in minerals and soil that can be consumed through drinking water

Answer 7

Arsenic

Question 8

Herbicide used to prevent broadleaf weeds in crops with chemical formula C8H14ClN5

Answer 8

Atrazine

Question 9

Small organic Industrial chemical that can cause irritation, headache, confusion, and even death

Answer 9

Benzene

Question 10

A chemical element found in the air in small quantities as a result of volcanoes

Answer 10

Arsenic

Question 11

Chemical Formula: HNOv2

Answer 11

Nitrous acid

Question 12

Highly corrosive, can cause dental erosion, delayed pulmonary edema

Answer 12

Nitrous acid

Question 13

Created through the burning of plastics and transmitted through the intake of animal fats, meat, dairy products, fish, and shellfish

Answer 13

Dioxins

Question 14

An industrial chemical used to make plastics and resins, such as containers for storing food and beverages, since the 1960s

Answer 14

BPA

Question 15

A colorless, flammable, strong smelling chemical used in building materials(CH20)

Answer 15

Formaldehyde

Question 16

What is the chemical or pathogen of cholera?

Answer 16

Bacteria called vivero colore.

Question 17

Amphibians and mammals are vulnerable to the exposure of this herbicide

Answer 17

Atrazine

Question 18

Respiratory droplet from cough, sneeze, split

Answer 18

Pneumonia (transmission)

Question 19

Hazardous substance that many people believe is found in pencils.

Answer 19

Lead

Question 20

Hazardous substance that was used in thermometers and used to line hats

Answer 20

Mercury

Question 21

Transmitted primarily through Aedes Mosquitoes

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Zika Virus

Question 22

naturally occurring radioactive gas which may be found in high concentrations in indoor environments, such as homes and workplaces

Answer 22

Radon

Question 23

concentration indoors can easily be measured with a small passive detector in your basement

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Radon

Question 24

What are the most common effects of cholera?

Answer 24

• Diarrhea
• Vomiting
• Dehydration

Question 25

Type of coronavirus first discovered in China in November of 2002

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SARS

Question 26

radioactive gas that has no smell, color or taste

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Radon

Question 27

Bacteria from fungi and virus (Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, gram-negative bacilli, and Staphylococcus aureus)

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Pneumonia (pathogen)

Question 28

The crisis with drinking water in Flint Michigan was caused by this substance

Answer 28

Lead

Question 29

A bite from an infected flea or exposure through a break in the skin.

Answer 29

How does the Bubonic Plague spread?

Question 30

Group of endocrine disruptors, found as contaminants of food sources.

Answer 30

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Question 31

This category of compounds is capable of biomagnification in food chains and resistant to biodegradation.

Answer 31

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Question 32

A pathogen which spreads through animals like camels but not much between humans

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MERS

Question 32

H: lung inflammation, cough, fever, or death E: animals' lungs affected, population endangerment

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Pneumonia (Effect on environment and humans)

Question 33

Inhalation of vinyl chloride polymers such as DEHP found in common plastics.

Answer 33

Polyvinyl Chloride (causes)

Question 34

Polychlorinated biphenyls. Clear to yellow in color and very oily liquids/solids.

Answer 34

PCBs

Question 35

Used commonly in plastics, oils in motors, hydraulic fluids and heat transfer fluids.

Answer 35

PCBs

Question 36

Chemical Formula: C12H10−xClx

Answer 36

PCBs

Question 37

Chemical Formula: HNOv2

Answer 37

Nitrous acid

Question 38

Is spread though the bite infected female mosquitoes and causes high fevers

Answer 38

Malaria

Question 39

Useful for converting amines into diazonium compounds, can make azo dyes

Answer 39

Nitrous acid

Question 40

Dark hazardous metal that can contaminate drinking water through eroded piping.

Answer 40

Lead

Question 41

A chemical that is a major part of gasoline and is widely used in industries

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Benzene

Question 42

Environmental impacts include harming bird species and lizard species

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Malaria

Question 43

Human health impacts include cancer, damage to the immune system, cause developmental and reproductive problems and interfere with hormones

Answer 43

Dioxins

Question 44

Single-stranded RNA virus from the genus flavivirus

Answer 44

Zika Virus

Question 45

Common symptoms of SARS

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Fever, cough, pneumonia, respiratory failure

Question 46

How is SARS transmitted?

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airborne droplets from infected people through sneezing, coughing and talking

Question 47

contains dangerous chemical additives including phthalates, lead, cadmium, and/or organotins, which can be toxic

Answer 47

polyvinyl chloride

Question 48

Virus that started in Saudi Arabia which causes coughing, fever, and shortness of breath

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MERS

Question 49

Made of fibrous crystals. It is often used to insulate materials

Answer 49

Asbestos

Question 50

Belongs to the Paramyxoviridae family and Newborns, immunocompromised individuals, non-vaccinated individuals are most susceptible to it.

Answer 50

Measles

Question 51

Small raised bumps may appear on top of the flat red spots. The numerous spots combine to create an overall red appearance to the entire body.

Answer 51

Measles

Question 52

A pesticide no longer in use in the USA. Transmitted through ingestion, touch, or inhalation. Found in meat, fish, and dairy products because of contaminated soil or water.

Answer 52

DDT

Question 53

A chemical that is emitted from plywood, upholstery, adhesives, and insulation.

Answer 53

Formaldehyde

Question 54

Workers such as industrial workers exposed to high levels of this chemical are susceptible to cancer, eye, throat, and skin irritation.

Answer 54

Formaldehyde

Question 55

A colorless, tasteless, and odorless insecticide no longer used in agriculture in the USA.

Answer 55

DDT

Question 56

An infection where symptoms include: diarrhea, Fever, Chills, Vomiting, body ache, boils on the body, or even death

Answer 56

Bubonic Plague

Question 57

What is the pathogen of the Bubonic Plague?

Answer 57

Yersinia Pestis parasite

Question 58

Related hazardous chemicals are DDD and DDE.

Answer 58

DDT

Question 59

Inhalation of vinyl chloride polymers such as DEHP found in common plastics.

Answer 59

Polyvinyl Chloride

Question 60

Symptoms can range from being asymptomatic, to mild respiratory systems, to severe acute respiratory diseases- including death

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MERS

Question 61

Hazardous liquidus metal that can evaporate at room temperature leading to inhalation.

Answer 61

Mercury

Question 62

Transmitted when a mosquito feeds on an infected bird and then bites a human

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West Nile Virus

Question 63

This virus belongs to the genus Flavivirus [Japanese encephalitis serogroup]

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West Nile Virus

Question 64

It is an enveloped positive-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus

Answer 64

West Nile Virus

Question 65

What pandemic is known for it's most common symptom of coughing blood?

Answer 65

Tb (tuberculosis)

Question 66

Known for attacking the lungs but can attack any part of the body such as spine, brain, and kidney.

Answer 66

Tb (tuberculosis)

Question 67

What virus is known for it's abililty to cause Microcephaly (birth defect in which the head of the baby is smaller the normal)?

Answer 67

Zika

Question 68

Mimics the structure and function of estrogen, influencing bodily processes such as fetal development, reproduction, growth, and cell repair

Answer 68

BPA

Question 69

After this hazardous liquidus metal evaporates and is inhaled it can cause paralysis, sleep disorders, and agitation.

Answer 69

Mercury

Question 70

What are the long term effects of polyvinyl chloride(PVC) exposure?

Answer 70

Could result in vinyl chloride disease.