All the medical care available to a nation's people, the way we receive care, and the way they pay for it
What is a healthcare system?
The contamination of Earth's atmosphere by harmful substances
What is air pollution?
Able to be broken down by microorganisms in the environment
What is biodegradable?
All efforts to monitor, protect, and promote the health of the population as a whole
What is public health?
SPF stand for...
What is sun protection factor?
A medical doctor who provides physical checkups and general care
What is a primary care physician or PCP?
A brownish haze that sometimes forms in urban areas
What is smog?
A specially engineered area where waste can be buried safely
What is a landfill?
A unit that measures the intensity of sound
What is a decibel?
This state has the hottest average temperature
Where is Florida?
A medical doctor who focuses on particular kinds of patients or on particular medical conditions
What is a specialist?
An index for reporting daily air quality
What is the Air Quality Index or AQI?
Waste materials with properties that make them dangerous to human health or the environment
What are hazardous wastes?
Used water from homes, communities, farms and businesses
What is wastewater?
This is the most commonly purchased BBQ/grill meat purchased in the US
What are hot dogs?
Complete and comprehensive information about your immunizations and any health problems you have had to date
What is your medical history?
The trapping of heat by gases in Earth's atmosphere
What is the greenhouse effect?
Destruction of forests
What is deforestation?
Avoiding waste through careful management of natural resources, such as energy, water and minerals
What is conservation?
The beach ball was invented in which US state?
Where is California?
Private or government programs that pay for part or all of a person's medical costs
What is health insurance?
Harmful, unwanted sound that can be loud enough to damage hearing
What is noise pollution?
The spreading of city development (houses, shopping centers, businesses, and schools) onto undeveloped land
What is urban sprawl?
Source reduction or reducing waste before it is generated
What is precycling?
The Fourth of July became an official US holiday in what year?
What is 1780?