Community & Public health
Air Quality & Health
Protecting Land & Water
Vocabulary
Real Life Scenarios
100

Organizations like hospitals, clinics, and counseling centers are examples of these.

What are community/local health centers

100

Tiny harmful particles in the air from smoke, dust, and pollution are called this

What is PM Particular Matter

100

Reducing waste by using items again is called this.

What is REUSE

100

wastes materials with properties that make them dangerous to human health or the environment

What are HAZARDOUS WASTE 

100

This community worker checks restaurants for cleanliness and food safety.

Who is an health inspector 

200

These groups promote health, fund research, focus on specific health problems or goals at the national level, but can have local chapters as well

What are national health agencies

200

This common gas released by cars contributes to poor air quality

What is CO Carbon Monoxide

200

Chemicals, trash, and oil entering rivers or lakes create this problem

What is water pollution 

200

the agency that protects the country's land, air, and water, enforcing laws surrounding the land, air, and water

Who/what is EPA environmental protection agency 

200

Staying indoors during unhealthy AQI days can help protect this body system.

What is the respiratory system 

300

This Agency maintains data on potential organ recipients and donors

What is UNOS United network for organ sharing 

300

The Environmental Protection Agency created this to track levels of pollutants in the air 

What is the AQI 

300

The “3 Rs” of protecting the environment are reduce, reuse, and this.

What is recycle

300

Ozone is a major component of this brownish haze that sometimes forms in urban areas

What is SMOG

300

students organize a beach clean up to remove trash and plastics from the shoreline. They are helping to protect this natural resource

What is water or water quality 

400

This organization have several offices that promote public health including the Food safety and Inspection Services and the Food and Nutrition Service

What is the USDA United States Department of agriculture 

400

This environmental issue is caused by pollutants trapping heat in Earth’s atmosphere

What is Climate Change

400

These are type of waste that can be broken down by microorganisms in the environment

What is biodegradable

400

The process of trapping heat in Earth's atmosphere

What is the GREENHOUSE EFFECT 

400

A family chooses products with less packaging, uses reusable products. They are practicing this environmental habit

What is precyling or Reduce

500

This Global organization's goal is to improve health care systems and to fight diseases such as AIDS and Malaria 

What is WHO : World Health Organization

500

Switching off lights not used, turning off electronics not used, washing clothes in cold or warm water in stead of hot are way to 

What is reduce air pollution/reduce energy usage 

500

This is a problem in Urban development that causes risk of soil erosion, flooding, alters local climate, destroys habitats of animals and plants and contributes to overall climate change

What is deforestation

500

Avoiding waste through management of natural resources such as energy, water, and materials

What is CONSERVATION

500
A community unknowingly consumes water that has not been sanitized or treated properly  in order to go back into the environment, they are most likely consuming

What is wastewater