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Health
WCHS Health Chapter 29
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Air pollution | The contamination of the earth's atmoshpere by substances that pose a health threat to living things |
| Air Quality Index (AQI) | developed by the EPA, is an index for reporting daily air quality |
| asbestos | a fibrous mineral that has fireproof properties |
| radon | an odorless, radioactive gas, causes lung cancer |
| noise pollution | harmful and unwanted sound of sufficient intensity to damage hearing |
| decibel | a un;it used to express the relative intensity of loudness of sound |
| biodegradable | able to be broken down by microorganisms in the environment |
| hazardous waste | a substance that is explosive, corrosive, highly reactive, or toxic to humans or other life forms |
| conservation | the protection and preseration of the envionment by managing natural resources to prevent abuse, destruction and neglect. |
| precycling | reducing waste before it is generated |
| recycling | the processing of waste materials so that they can be used again |
| landfill | an area that has been safeguarded to prevent disposed wastes from contaminating groundwater |
| deforestation | destruction of forests, upsets fragile balance of nature. |
| urban sprawl | the spreading of city development (houses, shopping centers, businesses, and schools) onto undeveloped land |
| Wastewater | used water that comes from homes, communities, farms, and businesses, another source of water pollution |
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