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AP Environmental Science: Population Activism Unit Test Practice

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  1. 1Risk assessment is
    1. Athe probability of suffering harm from a hazard that can cause injury, disease, death, economic loss, or damage.
    2. Bdeciding whether or how to reduce a particular risk to a certain level and at what cost.
    3. Cthe scientific process of using statistical methods to estimate how much harm a particular hazard can cause to human health or to the environment.
    4. Da mathematical statement about how likely it is that harm will be suffered from a hazard.
  2. 2HIV is considered a/an
    1. Acommunicable disease.
    2. Ball of the choices
    3. Ctransmissible disease.
    4. Dinfectious disease.
  3. 3One major problem of infectious diseases is that they
    1. Acan be spread by so many pathways: water, food, and body fluids.
    2. Bare so incredibly difficult to identify.
    3. Care very difficult to treat.
    4. Dare often misdiagnosed and incorrectly treated.
  4. 4Causing the deaths of many children under the age of five by dehydration, this disease is
    1. AHIV.
    2. Bdiphtheria.
    3. Cdiarrhea.
    4. Dhepatitis.
  5. 5Ethyl alcohol, found in alcoholic beverages, can cause harm or birth defects to a fetus or embryo. Because of its effects, it is called both a toxic chemical and a
    1. Acarcinogen.
    2. Bteratogen.
    3. Cmutagen.
    4. Dall of the choices
  6. 6A global strategy to slow the spread of AIDS (according to the World Health Organization) has this priority:
    1. Aprovide HIV testing for people in high-risk groups.
    2. Breduce the number of new infections below the number of deaths.
    3. Cconcentrate on those most likely to spread the disease.
    4. Dall of the choices
  7. 7Chemicals that specifically harm the human nervous system are called
    1. Ateratogens.
    2. Bmutagens.
    3. Ctoxic chemicals.
    4. Dneurotoxins.
  8. 8Hormonally active agents (HAAs)
    1. Aare hormone mimics that can disrupt or impair reproductive systems and sexual development.
    2. Bare beneficial chemicals found in nature that enhance healthy endocrine systems.
    3. Care substances produced by the body that enhance healthy endocrine systems.
    4. Dhave been identified as ingredients in plastic toys; U.S. researchers are in agreement that these toys are a threat, so all such products are no longer being produced.
  9. 9Toxicology is
    1. Athe manufacture of toxic chemicals for pesticides and herbicides.
    2. Bthe study of the harmful effects of chemicals on humans.
    3. Cthe study of toxic chemicals and their structure.
    4. Dall of the choices
  10. 10Several factors can affect the level of harm caused by a chemical. Which is not one of these?
    1. Abiological magnification
    2. Bsolubility
    3. Cstate of health
    4. Dpersistence

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Chapters 6, Chapter 14.3-5, Chapter 17, Chapter 21, Chapter 22, Chapter 23,
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