Health
What is toxicology?
Study of Poison/Toxins
Mosquitos are an example of biomimicry, true or false?
true
What is the name given to a cluster of highly populated areas
megalopolis
What are Biodiversity Hotspots and why are they important?
Places of high biodiversity in species like madagascar, they contribute to housing a vast number of different species
What is the most common cause of death worldwide?
Respiratory illness
What are the 3 pillars of sustainability?
economic, environmental, social
Informal economies are common in what kind of urban areas
slums
What are value chains?
Businesses from ecosystems that depend on natural resources
What are the 3 schools of thought related to Public Health
Toxicology, Epidemiology, Environmental Health
What are 2 examples of hydrocarbons
oil and gas
The discovery of penicillin reduced the effects of what aspect of city life?
Urban penalty
What causes evolution?
trick question… Evolution is not goal oriented, therefore nothing can “cause” evolution
What are the 4 types of pathogens?
Bacteria, Virus, Fungi, Parasites
What is it called when CO2 is captured and diverted from power plant emissions and is injected underground to prevent emissions from escaping into the atmosphere? (Carbon capture and storage
CCS
Adding more traffic lanes to a freeway results in what?
induced traffic
A feeling of distress at the changes that occurred to your childhood neighborhood is an example of what?
solastalgia
Who was the first person to use toxicology, where/when did he use it, and what did he find?
John Snow, London, 1854, Cholera
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a concentrated solar thermal plant
What habitats in particular are destroyed because of urbanization
wetlands
Who is Rachel Carson and what did she advocate for?
Author of Silent Spring who advocated for the control of DDT)