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OESM 101 KNOWLEDGE SURVEY FALL '06 POST-TEST

This is NOT a test. Your grade will NOT be affected by the results of this survey.

The knowledge survey provides you with the key concepts of the class and helps you assess your progress.

You will be asked to complete this survey at the beginning of the semester and again at the end of the semester.

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1. Define environmental health.
2. List three environmental health issues of importance to communities.
3. Define ecotoxin.
4. Identify three classes of environmental health hazards.
5. Explain the health significance of a food web.
6. Define bioconcentration.
7. List three naturally occurring environmental health hazards.
8. What is a vector?
9. What type of organism causes cholera?
10. Why is e.coli a human health hazard?
11. What causes ciguatera poisoning?
12. Define exposure.
13. Describe the chemical pathway for carbon.
14. What is the cause of global warming?
15. How might DDT in the soil or water effect human health?
16. What is a nematicide?
17. What is heptachlor?
18. How is an LD-50 determined for a particular toxin?
19. Describe the common use and health hazards of ethylene glycol.
20. Where is formaldehyde commonly found in the environment?
21. Define ionizing radiation.
22. List possible sources of ionizing radiation in the environment.
23. What is radon?
24. What are human health effects associated with radiation exposure?
25. What is the significance of a dose-response curve?
26. What is the difference between acute and chronic health effects?
27. List three types or forms of air pollution.
28. List three sources of air pollution.
29. What are the chronic health effects associated with air pollution?
30. What is a thermal inversion?
31. List three fatal smog episodes which occurred in the 20th century.
32. List three types of water pollution.
33. How is Hawaii's drinking water supply monitored?
34. How safe is Hawaii¹s drinking water supply?
35. Define leachate?
36. List three ways water pollution can negatively impact human health.
37. What is non-point source pollution?
38. How does a sewage treatment plant work?
39. What is the difference between primary and secondary treatment?
40. What is B.O.D. ?
41. Where and why do algal blooms occur in Hawaii?
42. What is reclaimed water?
43. Describe the following environmental health disasters:
44. Describe the human health impacts of the incidents in question #21.
45. Name three U.S. laws relevant to environmental health.
46. Which piece of U.S. legislation established the Superfund?
47. How is health legislation enforced in the U.S.?
48. What is an environmental pathway and why is it important?
49. Where does Hawaii¹s garbage go?
50. What is H-POWER?
51. What is a tipping fee?
52. What is the definition of hazardous waste?
53. List four characteristics of hazardous waste.
54. Define epidemiology.
55. Define environmental epidemiology.
56. Describe what can be learned from an epidemiological study
57. List five characteristics of a meaningful epidemiological study.
58. What health effects are associated with hazardous waste exposure?
59. What is Minamata disease?
60. Why is excessive ahi consumption considered potentially hazardous?
61. What are biological weapons and why are they useful?
62. What are chemical weapons and why are they useful?
What is a "dirty bomb"?
64. Describe the process of soil vapor extraction.
65. What is biological control?
66. What is phytoremediation?
67. Define pheromone.
68. How might genetic engineering result in human health problems?
69. How can health hazards be removed from the environment?
70. How can environmental pollution be prevented?

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