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Environmental Sci
Janssen Semester 1 Final Review
Question | Answer |
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What is the relative arrangement of statistics? | distribution |
What word means beautiful or pleasing? | aesthetic |
What is the probability of an unwanted outcome? | risk |
What is the chance that something will happen? | probability |
What is an association between 2 or more events? | correlation |
What is the % of a group likely to survive to any age? | survivorship |
What is the distribution of ages in a population? | age structure |
What term means that land can be used to grow crops? | arable |
What are the basic facilities that support a community? | infrastructure |
What is the study of populations? | demography |
What is the term for the amount of harmful chemical a person is exposed to? | dose |
What is the study of toxic substances? | toxicology |
What is the study of the spread of diseases? | epidemiology |
What is the estimate of risk posed by a specific substance? | risk assessment |
What particles in the air are small enough to breathe in? | particulates |
What are organisms that cause disease? | pathogens |
What is an organism in which a pathogen lives? | host |
What is an organism that transmits a pathogen? | vector |
What disease did the chemical Roundup cause? | cancer |
What is another term for infectious? | contagious |
What is the term for the condition in which society can go on indefinitely? | sustainability |
What is the study of choices people make as they use resources? | economics |
What is the condition in which the price of something doesn’t reflect its true cost? | market failure |
What is the proposal to increase cleaner energy usage? | Green New Deal |
What government agency that manages national parks? | National Park Service |