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$100 Question from Hazards
Which type of hazard is a poor diet considered?
$100 Answer from Hazards
Cultural Hazard
$200 Question from Hazards
Which type of hazard is a flood considered?
$200 Answer from Hazards
Physical Hazard
$300 Question from Hazards
Which type of hazard is a bee sting considered?
$300 Answer from Hazards
Biological Hazard
$400 Question from Hazards
Which type of hazard is a fire considered?
$400 Answer from Hazards
Physical Hazard
$500 Question from Hazards
Which type of hazard is mercury in fish considered?
$500 Answer from Hazards
Chemical Hazard
$100 Question from Toxicology
The amount of a substance that someone has ingested, inhaled, or absorbed is known a the ________.
$100 Answer from Toxicology
Dose
$200 Question from Toxicology
The process in which some toxins increase in concentration as they move up the food chain is known as ____________.
$200 Answer from Toxicology
Biomagnification
$300 Question from Toxicology
The reaction that an individual has as a result of exposure to a chemical is called the ____________.
$300 Answer from Toxicology
Response
$400 Question from Toxicology
_____-soluble toxins can accumulate in body tissues and cells.
$400 Answer from Toxicology
Fat-soluble toxins
$500 Question from Toxicology
How long a chemical stays in the environment is known as _________.
$500 Answer from Toxicology
Persistence
$100 Question from Chemicals
What are two reasons why lab rats are used for chemical studies more frequently than humans?
$100 Answer from Chemicals
They are cheaper, more numerous, have less genetic variability, and it isn’t considered unethical by as many people.
$200 Question from Chemicals
What is the LD50 of this substance?
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$200 Answer from Chemicals
9.5 units
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$300 Question from Chemicals
What does the expression, “The dose makes the poison” mean?
$300 Answer from Chemicals
Any substance can be harmful if enough is consumed.
$400 Question from Chemicals
Which insecticide was widely used to kill mosquitoes and other insects, but also contributed to the thinning of bird’s egg shells?
$400 Answer from Chemicals
DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)
Chemicals that mimic natural hormones in the body are known as ___________ ___________.
$500 Question from Chemicals
Endocrine disruptors (or hormonally active agents, HAAs)
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$100 Question from Risk Analysis
A mathematical statement (like 1 in 50,000) about the likelihood of an event happening is known as a _______________.
$100 Answer from Risk Analysis
Probability
$200 Question from Risk Analysis
Which is more likely to happen: •Be hit by lightning (1 in 3 million)•Be in a train crash (1 in 20 million)
$200 Answer from Risk Analysis
Be hit by lightning (1 in 3 million)
$300 Question from Risk Analysis
In what ways does poverty lead to premature death?
$300 Answer from Risk Analysis
• Malnutrition• Unclean fresh water• Poor healthcare• Lower education levels
$400 Question from Risk Analysis
________ is America’s leading cause of preventable death.
$400 Answer from Risk Analysis
Smoking
$500 Question from Risk Analysis
Is the statement below more connected to risk assessment or risk management?“What are we going to do to reduce the risk?”
$500 Answer from Risk Analysis
Risk management
$100 Question from Potpourri
What are toxic agents that cause cancer called?
$100 Answer from Potpourri
Carcinogens
$200 Question from Potpourri
What are three main “routes of exposure” for toxins?
$200 Answer from Potpourri
1.Inhalation2.Ingestion3.Absorption
$300 Question from Potpourri
True or False:Antibiotics should be used to treat viral diseases.
$300 Answer from Potpourri
False – only bacterial diseases/infections should be treated with antibiotics.
$400 Question from Potpourri
Name two examples of transmissible diseases and two examples of non-transmissible diseases.
$400 Answer from Potpourri
• Transmissible:– Malaria
– HIV/AIDS
– Cholera
– Tuberculosis
– Syphilis
– Smallpox
– Hepatitis B
• Non-transmissible:– Heart disease
– Most cancers
– Diabetes
– Asthma
– Emphysema
– Alzheimer’s disease
– Parkinson’s disease
$500 Question from Potpourri
What term is given to nonhuman carriers of disease (such as mosquitoes and ticks)?
$500 Answer from Potpourri
Vectors
Final Jeopardy
What is the definition of a poison?
Final Jeopardy Answer
It is a chemical that has a median lethal dose of 50 mg or less per kg of body weight.