Community & Public health
Organizations like hospitals, clinics, and counseling centers are examples of these.
What are community/local health centers
Tiny harmful particles in the air from smoke, dust, and pollution are called this
What is PM Particular Matter
Reducing waste by using items again is called this.
What is REUSE
wastes materials with properties that make them dangerous to human health or the environment
What are HAZARDOUS WASTE
This community worker checks restaurants for cleanliness and food safety.
Who is an health inspector
These groups promote health, fund research, focus on specific health problems or goals at the national level, but can have local chapters as well
What are national health agencies
This common gas released by cars contributes to poor air quality
What is CO Carbon Monoxide
Chemicals, trash, and oil entering rivers or lakes create this problem
What is water pollution
the agency that protects the country's land, air, and water, enforcing laws surrounding the land, air, and water
Who/what is EPA environmental protection agency
Staying indoors during unhealthy AQI days can help protect this body system.
What is the respiratory system
This Agency maintains data on potential organ recipients and donors
What is UNOS United network for organ sharing
The Environmental Protection Agency created this to track levels of pollutants in the air
What is the AQI
The “3 Rs” of protecting the environment are reduce, reuse, and this.
What is recycle
Ozone is a major component of this brownish haze that sometimes forms in urban areas
What is SMOG
students organize a beach clean up to remove trash and plastics from the shoreline. They are helping to protect this natural resource
What is water or water quality
This organization have several offices that promote public health including the Food safety and Inspection Services and the Food and Nutrition Service
What is the USDA United States Department of agriculture
This environmental issue is caused by pollutants trapping heat in Earth’s atmosphere
What is Climate Change
These are type of waste that can be broken down by microorganisms in the environment
What is biodegradable
The process of trapping heat in Earth's atmosphere
What is the GREENHOUSE EFFECT
A family chooses products with less packaging, uses reusable products. They are practicing this environmental habit
What is precyling or Reduce
This Global organization's goal is to improve health care systems and to fight diseases such as AIDS and Malaria
What is WHO : World Health Organization
Switching off lights not used, turning off electronics not used, washing clothes in cold or warm water in stead of hot are way to
What is reduce air pollution/reduce energy usage
This is a problem in Urban development that causes risk of soil erosion, flooding, alters local climate, destroys habitats of animals and plants and contributes to overall climate change
What is deforestation
Avoiding waste through management of natural resources such as energy, water, and materials
What is CONSERVATION
What is wastewater