Ch. 22

Question 1

The concept that the health of humans, animals, and the environment should be viewed in a holistic way is called _______

Answer 1

One Health

Question 2

Zoonosis

Answer 2

The transferring of disease causing microorganisms from vertebrate animals to humans

Question 3

Reasons for the emergence of lyme disease:

Answer 3

Decreased deer hunting

Human activity in the woodlands

Question 4

A disease caused by a pathogen that is newly recognized in the past two decades is termed an

Answer 4

emerging disease

Question 5

What 2 things are essential for composting?

Answer 5

Sufficient Hydration

Aerobic Conditions

Question 6

Chemically synthesized compounds that do not naturally occur are called

Answer 6

xenobiotics

Question 7

Climate change can be detected as changes in the _____

Answer 7

weather

Question 8

_____ and _____ health will be impacted by climate change.

Answer 8

human

animal

Question 9

Products that are readily degraded by microorganisms are called

Answer 9

biodegradable

Question 10

Water that is free of pathogens and safe to drink is called _____

Answer 10

potable

Question 11

Coliforms

Answer 11

Gram-negative, gas producing, lactate fermenting bacteria

Question 12

An aerobic process that supports the growth of diverse bacterial and fungal communities to decompose organic waste

Answer 12

composting

Question 13

Bioremediation

Answer 13

degradation of chemical compounds by microbes that require inorganic fertilizer

Question 14

Biodegradation

Answer 14

degradation of chemical compounds by microbes

Question 15

The west nile virus spreads through which organisms?

Answer 15

Mosquitoes and Birds

Question 16

Organisms that are easily identified through laboratory procedures and demonstrate if water is contaminated are _____ _____

Answer 16

indicator bacteria

Question 17

The activated sludge process requires _____ conditions.

Answer 17

aerobic

Question 18

Sludge containing microbes adapted to degrading organic compounds in wastewater is termed _____ sludge.

Answer 18

activated

Question 19

Biosensors

Answer 19

Machines that detect structures on specific microbes and transmit signals to ID those microbes

Question 20

During the activated sludge process, pathogen concentration in water ______ 90-99%

Answer 20

Drops