voc. words 1-15-15
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| poisonous vapor or mist filled with particles from decomposed matter | Miasma Theory of Disease
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| microorganisms that are too small to see without magnification | Germ Theory of Disease
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| not caused by living organisms and are not contagious | non-transmissible disease
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| caused by living organisms and are usually transmissible | infectious disease
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| organisms that are made of many cells working together | multicellular
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| organisms that consist of only one cell | unicellular
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| cells without a nucleus and organelles | Prokaryote
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| cells with both a nucleus and organelles | Eukaryote
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| one not previously known or existed previously but has re-emerged | emergent disease
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| the ability to survive after exposure | resistance
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| slows down growth or destroys bacteria | antibiotics
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| chemical that can cause temporary or permanent harm or death to a living organism | toxic
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| chemical known to disrupt function of the brain, spinal chord, and other nerves | neurotoxin
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| interfere with function of normal chemical messenger in the body | endocrine hormone disruptors
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| have similar shapes to natural hormones and amplify their effects | Hormone mimics
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| prevent natural hormones from attaching to their target organ | Hormone blockers
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| measure of how harmful a substance is to the health of living organisms | toxicity
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| do not degrade easily and are more likely to cause long-term effects | persistence
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| as the substance passes up the food chain it accumulates at higher and more toxic levels | bioaccumulate
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| percentage of the population killed by this dose is measured and graphed | mortality
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| estimating the likeliness or severity of a specific hazard to human health | risk assessment
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