Chapter 8
Lead to improvements in sanitation, medical technology, and the ability to mass produce food that contributed to the human population explosion.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
They infect humans and make us sick.
What are Pathogens?
Diseases caused by a pathogen, such as a virus or a bacterium
What is Infectious Diseases?
Chemicals that harm embryos and fetuses are called
What are teratogens?
Earth's crust is broken into several large sections that are called....
What are tectonic plates?
The number of babies out of 1000 that die during their first year of life.
What is Infant Mortality?
The study of disease in human population is
What is epidemiology?
Infectious diseases are spread by....
What is direct human contact, contaminated water and food, and animals?
A mineral that forms long, thin microscopic fibers
What are Asbestos?
Haiti's death toll from earthquakes is estimated to be about
What is 150,000?
The total fertility rate for a nation that would keep its population size stable.
What is Replacement Fertility?
The study of how poisonous substances affect an organism's health is...
What is toxicology?
Some of the ways that disease emerge and spread
What is increasing mobility, antibiotic resistance, climate change, and a changing environment?
A colorless, odorless, highly toxic radioactive gas
What is Radon?
Most people die in thunderstorms from
What is getting struck by flying objects?
Demographic Transition has 4-stages and they are
What is pre-industrial stage, transitional stage, industrial stage, post-industrial stage.
Top common hazard that causes the most deaths
What is Heart Disease?
Two different responses to emerging diseases
What is international and national response?
Organisms can build up large concentrations of toxic substances in their bodies, through a process called
What is Bioaccumulation?
While being outside during a thunderstrom you should stay away from....
What are tall objects such as trees and poles?
China, Mexico, Africa, and Indonesia are
What are Developing Nations?
Toxicity depends on two things....
What the substance is and How much of the substance is needed to cause harm
Gets into waterways through human feces, sewage contamination can lead to cholera epidemics
What is Vibrio cholerae?
Airborne transport of pesticides is sometimes called
What is Pesticide drift?
Avalanches occur when..