Environmental Ecology- Environmental Hazards & Human Health
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Biological Hazards | Bacteria, viruses, parasites
🗑
|
||||
Chemical Hazards | Pollution of air, water, soil, & food
🗑
|
||||
Biological Hazards can be put into two categories: | 1. Non-transmissable
2. Transmissible
🗑
|
||||
Non-transmissable | Not from human to human
ex: cancer, diseases, diabetes, asthma
🗑
|
||||
Transmissible | Infectious or contagious- pathogens/vectors
ex: Bacteria, viruses, parasites
🗑
|
||||
7 Deadliest Infectious Diseases | 1. Flu- virus
2. HIV/AIDS- virus
3. Diarrheal Diseases- bacteria, viruses, parasites
4. TB- bacteria
5. Measles- virus
6. Malaria- parasite
7. Hépatites B- virus
🗑
|
||||
Top 7 Infection Diseases | Causes 11+ million deaths per year
🗑
|
||||
TB (Tuberculosis) | (bacteria) destroys lung tissue
33% people worldwide infected
10% will eventually become sick
Anti-biotics- can develop genetic resistance
🗑
|
||||
Lyme Disease | (vector) get from ticks
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is also caused by ticks.
🗑
|
||||
Staphylococcus "Staph" Infection | (bacteria) open cuts get infected
Anti-botics
🗑
|
||||
Flu | (virus) number 1 killer
3 Million deaths per year
Passed through body fluids/airborne transmissions
🗑
|
||||
Chickenpox | (virus) can pop up later in life- shingles
Shingles deals with nerve infection
🗑
|
||||
HIV/AIDS | (virus) Human Inmuno deficiency Virus- can become active and cause AIDS- Active Immune deficiency Syndrome
T-Cells count goes down due to immune system
2 Million deaths per year
🗑
|
||||
Hepatits B | (virus) attacks the liver
1. Needle sharing
2. Blood transfusions
3. Unprotected sex
4. Pregnant women's placenta
🗑
|
||||
West Nile Virus | (virus) passed on through infected birds---> mosquitos---> human
Can cause spinal meningitis (virus)
🗑
|
||||
SARS | (virus) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome- produces flu like systems brought from China in 2002- passed on person to person and can lead to pneumonia then death
🗑
|
||||
Epidemic | Local disease in one country
🗑
|
||||
Pandemic | Worldwide disease
🗑
|
||||
Most Dangerous Viruses | 1. Flu
2. HIV/AIDS
3. Hepatitis B
🗑
|
||||
WHO (World Health Organization) | Job is to educate individuals on transmissible diseases.
🗑
|
||||
Bacterial Meningitis | Causes spinal cord and brain damage
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
ginganinjaem
Popular Science sets