Chapter Outline – Chapter 8 – Environmental Health and Toxicology I. Risk‚ Probability‚ and Hazards Risks and hazards—some avoidable‚ some not—compromise everyday life. A. A risk is a measure of your likelihood of suffering harm from a hazard. 1. Such a hazard may cause injury‚ disease‚ economic loss‚ or environmental damage. 2. Risk assessment is projected as a probability: a mathematical statement about how likely it is that harm will result from a hazard. It gives the
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Dissolved Oxygen (DO) 1. What is dissolved oxygen? Dissolved oxygen is the amount of oxygen mixed into the water and is necessary for aquatic life. 2. How does it get into the water? DO gets into the water in many different way but primarily it is absorbed from the atmosphere and aquatic plants. 3. Why is it important? DO is important because it provides oxygen to aquatic organisms and without it they wouldn’t be able to live. Low levels would cause hypoxia and make it extremely difficult for
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ROSE ANN A. ORATE No. 5026 Purok 5‚ Brgy. Kias Baguio City Contact nos. : 09174233048/ (074) 442-00-03 CAREER OBJECTIVES * To obtain a position as an online ESL teacher and help students learn English in an informative and interesting manner. * To improve a student’s standards of English so that he/ she will be able to socialize easily in a foreign country. SEMINARS/TRAININGS ATTENDED 2006 Peace Tech conference: Overcoming prejudice towards young Muslims‚ indigenous peoples
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Chapter 3 Reading Questions: 1. Core Case Study: “Have you thanked your insects today?”- Explain why insects are significant. Many of the earth’s plant species depend upon insects to pollinate them. Carnivorous insects‚ such as the praying mantis‚ control the ‘pest’ insect population. 2. What percentage of the species on this planet consists of insects? Animals? Plants? 53% are insects; 20% are other animals; 18% are plants. 3. Give three examples of how we benefit from microbes. Soil bacteria
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Chapter 10 Review 1A)Describe the Green Belt Movement founded by Wangari Maathai Q)The Green Belt Movement is a movement that organizes poor women in rural Kenya to plant and protect millions of trees in order to combat deforestation. A)Distinguish among an old-growth forest‚ a second growth forest‚ and a tree plantation Q)An old-growth forest is an uncut or regenerated forest that has not been seriously disturbed by human activities or natural disasters for several hundred years or more
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Chapter 2 Checkpoints Name: Amy Kunduru Checkpoint 2.1 1. What is an environmental system? It is a set of interacting components connected in such a way that a change in one part of the system affects the other parts. Name some examples. The Mono Lake is a small example. This ocean is another example. 2. How do systems vary in scale‚ and how does a large system include a smaller system? Large systems would be an interaction between smaller systems. A fish by itself is a system. The
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Bob Kamburov Chapter 6 Outline I. Population Dynamics and Carrying Capacity * Populations change in size‚ density‚ and age distribution; most members of populations live together in clumps or groups. * Three general patterns in a habitat: clumping‚ uniform distribution‚ and random dispersion. Most live in clumps or groups. * Availability of resources varies from place to place. * Living in groups offers better protection from predators. * Some predator
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APES Ch 15 Study Guide SoilsName_________________________ Date_______ Vocabulary Parent material- rock from which soil forms Weathering- breaking rock down by biological‚ physical and chemical processes Topography-surface features of the land Humus- decomposed organic matter Leaches- movement of water and dissolved chemicals through the ground Illuviation- deposition of leached minerals in the lower layers of the soil Soil Profile- vertical section of soil showing the soil horizons O-Horizon-
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Planet of the Apes Book Summary Planet of the apes is a novel based on what it would be like if Apes ruled the Planet. The book starts off with three scientists traveling to outer space to explore the universe. There Trip takes a relatively short time for them compared to how much time has actually passed. They discover a planet that has a lot of the same geographical features as their home planet earth. They land on the planet but two of the three scientists die and only Ulysse who is the main
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APES Semester 1 Review Name______________________________ Date________________ Per___________ 1. What are the primary factors that determine an individual’s ecological footprint? _______________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why is the average ecological footprint higher in the United States than in many other countries? __________________ ____________________________________________________________
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