Health Flashcards

1
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Its important in order to live and stay healthy

A

Clean and safe water

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2
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Continous supply of air in order to survive

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Clean air

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3
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What does a healthy environment increases?

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The available food supply for the people

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4
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A healthy environment increases the available food supply for the people

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Clean soil

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5
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What are the 3 characteristics of a healthy community?

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Clean air, clean and safe water, clean soil

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6
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The primary cause of land pollution

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Improper disposal lf garbage

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7
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Disease carrying pests like rats, mosquitos, flies, and cockroaches

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Garbage thrown anywhere

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8
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Clog or block the water flow which can result to floods and landslides

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Garbage dumped in waterways

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9
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Contamination or defilement of the environment

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Environmental pollution

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10
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It alters the condition of the air, water, and soil that can harm living things

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Environemental pollution

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11
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It is quite alarming. This is attributed to the proliferation of factories and business establishments without anti pollution devices

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Air pollution

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12
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Contamination of bodies of wager usually by human activities

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Water contamination

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13
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One of the manmade factors that contributes to the changing condition of the climate

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Deforestation

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14
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A major problem that has multiple impacts on the ecosystem

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Deforestation

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15
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Plants and animal are affected beacuse of the destruction of their habitats

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Extinction of species

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16
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Without it, it may cause decrease in the supply

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Scarcity of resources for food and medicine

17
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Excessive and illegal cutting of trees can cause widespread soil erosion, flash floods, and landslides

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Occurence of disasters

18
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Excessive and illegal cutting of trees can cause what?

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Widespread soil erosion, flash floods, and landslides

19
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It may result when land’s topsoil is eroded

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Desertification of land

20
Q

Desertification of land may result when

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Lan’s topsoil is eroded

21
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The continous increase in the earth’s athmosphere and oceanic temperature

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Global warming

22
Q

A phenomenon that happens all around the world

A

Climate change

23
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Refers to the erratic change of weather conditions caused by global warming or the rise of earth’s temperature

A

Climate change

24
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What is the caude of erratic change of weather conditions?

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Global warming or the rise of earth’s temperature

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Climate problem lies in the use what 3 fossil fuels
Coal, oil, and natural gas
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It maintains balance in an ecosystem
Coral reefs
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Coral reefs serves as as the?
Nursery of young marine creatures and provide safe shelter
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Extracting activity of mineral resources without state permission
Illegal mining
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A method of cathing live fish by spraying a mixture of sodium cyanide into the target fish's habitat
Cyanide fishing
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A form of pollution that may occur usually on marine areas, but may also happen on land
Oil spill
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What is oil spill?
The release of petroleum hydrocarbon intobthe environment
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When you cut down on your consumption of food from animal sources, you lessen the methane increase in the athmosphere
Limit the consumption of food from animal sources
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If garbage are not disposed properly, what will happen?
May cause pollution of air, soil and water
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Give examples of community commitment
1. Giving seminars 2. Regulating the use of plastic materials 3. Setting up recycling facilities 4. Restricting people from burning their garbage 5. Planting trees in the community