Daily Living
What household product may work by deadening your nasal nerve endings so you can not smell?
What is an Air fresheners.
Define "toxic."
What is a substance that can cause injury, illness, or death.
You helped change the motor oil in the family car. What should you do with the used motor oil?
What would be to recycle it by taking it to your nearest collection point for used oil, such as an automotive center.
You are cooking a hamburger and the grease catches on fire. What common kitchen product could you use to put out the fire?
What would be Baking soda or table salt.
What do the letters "EPA" stand for?
What would be the Environmental Protection Agency.
How are the solvents used in household products different from industrial and commercial solvents?
There are no differences
How can you protect yourself when using toxic products that are absorbed through the skin, such as organic solvents?
What is to wear gloves and protective clothing.
When is a product hazardous?
When its use or disposal poses a threat to your health or the environment.
What safe bathroom product can be used to clean and polish gold?
What would be Toothpaste.
Why do small children and animals taste and drink anfifreeze, even though it is poisonous?
What is do to a sweet taste and attractive color.
Why should you always be sure that the door to a house with an attached garage is closed and the garage door open when the car is running?
To avoid breathing poisonous carbon monoxide fumes from the car exhaust.
What would happen if you touched a hazardous product that is corrosive or caustic?
What is a burn and destroy your skin where contacted.
Where does hazardous waste go when it is placed in the trash?
What is Trash collectors take it to the municipal landfill — or depends on your locality.
You borrowed your sister's blouse and spilled chocolate ice cream on it. What kitchen product can remove the stain safely?
What would be Club soda (soak before washing).
What is a "food chain?"
what is the link between organisms in an ecosystem that begins with the primary producers (plants) and the organisms that eat them and each other (animals, fungi, microorganisms).
Name three words found on product labels that indicate a product is hazardous.
what could be Danger, poison, warning, caution, irritant, caustic, flammable, combustible, radioactive, or explosive.
While you are babysitting, the child swallows a toxic substance. What should you do?
Call the Poison Center, the local emergency room, or trauma center.
Where do wastes and water go when flushed into a septic tank system?
What is to the septic tank and then into the lateral drainage field.
You have many natural predators around your home that help control pests. Name two of them.
What might be frogs, spiders, ladybugs, praying mantis, dragonflies, birds, and cats.
What is an aquifer?
What is an underground, geological formation in which the cracks in rocks, sand, or gravel are filled with water.
Why should aerosol spray cans be stored away from heat or flame sources?
what is that they can explode when exposed to high temperatures.
Your friend has spilled acid on her arm. What should you do?
What would be to remove any clothing with acid on it and flood the skin with water, then seek medical advice. DO NOT attempt to neutralize the acid on her skin.
Why are empty aerosol cans still hazardous?
What would be do to the cans retain pressure. If heated or punctured, they can explode with great force.
Name two advantages of using safer alternatives.
what would make the environment safer water, soil and the air.
Define bioaccumulation.
What is the concentration of a particular substance in the bodies of organisms, increasing with the animal's level in the food chain.