Definitions
Environmental Safety
Protection of Natural Resources
Environmental Laws & Regulations
Misc.
100
Your surroundings, both indoor and outdoor.
What is the environment
100
Monitors safety for employees, customers, and the public. It includes training and procedures.
What is Occupational Safety
100
Air and plant life that can be replaced once it is gone
What is renewable resource
100
First environmental law in the United States, passed in 1969
What is National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
100
Revised in 1990 to reduce air pollution even more
What is Clean Air Act
200
Things that occur in nature that humans use to support life
What is natural resources
200
The correct movements that can prevent injury and fatigue
What is body mechanics
200
First duty was banning DDT
What is Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
200
Explains how each state will control air pollution under the Clean Air Act
What is State Implementation Plan (SIP)
200
Lessening the impact or severity on something
What is mitigation
300
Safety equipment used in hazardous situations.
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
300
Includes important information about chemicals that are required to be in an easily accessible location
What is Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
300
Cannot be replaced once it is gone, like fossil fuels and minerals
What is nonrenewable resources
300
discussing the environment and natural resources, mistakenly used to describe protection of natural resources
What is conservation
300
Once under a different name and includes heat, oxygen, fuel, and chain reaction
What is a fire tetrahedron
400
Can travel through water, blood, food, or air. They are biological threats from living organisms.
What is pathogens
400
Identifying your surroundings such as insects, animal hazards, and weather
What is Physical Hazards
400
Evolved from the Soil Conservation Service, and works for wise use of natural resources
What is Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
400
Environmentally friendly ways of living
What is green technology
400
Ranked under 4 different levels, the first being less severe to the last being deadly
What is Biohazards
500
Harmful pollution that is released by cars, trucks, buses, and non-road equipment
What is emissions
500
Oversees occupational safety in the United States
What is Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
500
Monitors, promotes, and addresses energy and environmental issues
What is Department of Energy (DOE)
500
Alternative energy production that can be used again and again, not naturally occurring
What is sustainable resources
500
Potentially harmful form of oxygen created with ultraviolet radiation from the sun
What is ozone
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