Toxicology and Health
This term describes how harmful a substance is.
What is toxicity?
A disease-causing microorganism like a virus or bacterium.
What is a pathogen?
This storm system forms over warm tropical oceans.
What is a hurricane?
The movement of people from rural areas into cities.
What is urbanization?
Repairing damaged ecosystems to a healthier condition.
What is ecological restoration?
This is the amount of a substance an organism takes in.
What is dose?
A disease that spreads quickly or appears for the first time.
What is an emerging disease?
Sudden ground shaking caused by movement along faults.
What is an earthquake?
Rules that regulate how property in certain areas may be used.
What is zoning?
Long, narrow parks or corridors that connect parts of a city.
What is a greenway?
This process causes toxin levels to increase at higher trophic levels.
What is biomagnification?
An organism that carries and transmits disease between hosts.
What is a vector?
A giant ocean wave often triggered by underwater earthquakes.
What is a tsunami?
Low-density development spreading outward from a city.
What is sprawl?
The physical materials—such as vegetation, water, bare soil, ice, and human-made structures like asphalt or concrete—that cover the Earth's surface
What is land cover?
This colorless, odorless, radioactive gas can build up in basements and increase cancer risk.
What is radon?
A substance that interferes with fetal development.
What is a teratogen?
A violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm.
What is a tornado?
Urban areas that are warmer than surrounding rural areas.
What is the heat island effect?
The way humans utilize land for agriculture, housing, or business.
What is land use?
This type of harmful substance can cause cancer after long-term exposure.
What is a carcinogen?
The likelihood that exposure to a hazard will cause harm.
What is risk?
The measure of how severe damage or danger from a disaster may be.
What is hazard intensity?
Roads, bridges, sewer systems, and utilities are examples of this.
What is infrastructure?
Designing cities to improve quality of life and sustainability.
What is city planning?