Ionizing radiation and noise
What does radon emit as it decays?
Ionizing radiation
What type of disease is a leading cause of death in low income countries, communicable or noncommunicable?
Communicable
Mitigation is ______ prevention and adaptation is ______ prevention
Primary, secondary
Risk is quantitatively expressed on a scale from ____ to ____
0 to 1
What are 2 of the 3 types of ionizing radiation?
Alpha, beta, gamma/X-rays
From 1970 to 2014, has average fertility increased or decreased globally?
Decreased
What are the greenhouse gases we talked about in lecture (name two)?
Carbon dioxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, Fluorinated (F) gases
What is 1 of the 4 steps in a risk assessment?
Hazard identification, dose-response assessment, exposure assessment, risk characterization
What is an example of a stochastic (late) effect of ionizing radiation?
Cancer, genetic effects
What percent (to the nearest 10) of urban population growth is happening in low and middle income countries?
90%
Name one global effect of climate change
Changing water resources, changing food resources, changing sea levels
What does the slope of the line in a dose response plot tell you?
How quickly the biological response changes with dose