Definitions
Term for conserving natural resources and utilities
What is conservation?
Polluted air; combination of smoke and fog
What is smog?
Chemicals, soil, or other substances that are washed into a body of water; this often leads to water pollution
What is storm water runoff or runoff?
Solids, liquids, or gas
What are forms of chemicals?
Storing, properly disposing of chemicals, reporting spills, recycling materials, and safe work practices.
What are ways you can help to protect the environment?
Federal Agency formed in 1970 to protect land, air and water.
What is the EPA or Environmental Protection Agency?
layer of gas that protects us for the sun's rays that is being destroyed from air pollution.
What is ozone?
A common metal dumped into water by industries: pregnant women should not eat a lot of fish because this metal pollutes our oceans; this is also the name of a planet.
What is mercury?
Ingestion, inhalation, absorption, and injection.
What are routes of entry into the body for chemicals?
taking old materials and making them into something new
What is recycling?
requires companies to monitor and report the use and storage of hazardous materials and the type and amount of emissions into the air, discharges into the waterways, and disposals into landfills.
What are environmental regulations?
Harmful rain caused by air pollution that can harm buildings and plants; causes fast erosion of land.
What is acid rain?
Metal found in paints and drinking water: is used in elevator weights.
What is lead?
is a means of classifying and labeling of chemicals.
What is GHS or Globally Harmonized System?
teaching others about how to help the planet.
What is educate?
Light bulbs, batteries, paint, ink and electronics.
What is Universal Waste?
Radioactive odorless, tasteless gas; with long term exposure may cause lung cancer; often found in people's homes.
What is radon?
The main source of water for most people
What is ground water?
Health, Physical, and Environmental
What are the three types of chemical hazards?
reduces emissions into the air, discharges into sewage systems and waterways, and disposal into landfills.
What is waste minimization?
Any company that manufactures, distributes, transports, stores or disposes of chemicals.
What are companies that require a HAZCOM Plan?
Average temperature and precipitation in an area.
What is climate?
People can help prevent water pollution by using less of this type of cleaner, which leads to algae blooms in lakes.
What is detergent?
Is a measure of how heavy a vapor is compared to air.
What is vapor density?
mixing a hazardous substance with a non-hazardous substance results in
What is hazardous waste?