Nature and Types of Environmental Hazards

Question 1

Is a substance, state, or event which has the potential to threaten the surrounding natural environment and/or adversely affect people’s health.

Answer 1

environmental hazard

Question 2

Environmental hazards may be:

Answer 2

1.Biological 2.Chemical 3. Physical 4.Psychological 5. sociological or site and location hazards.

Question 3

These are living organisms or their products that are harmful to humans.

Answer 3

Biological hazards

Question 4

-are diseases that are transmitted in drinking water

Answer 4

Water-borne diseases

Question 5

-Our municipal water treatment facilities are usually able to purify water by removing these agents or killing them by disinfecting the water.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

-these disease organisms are shed into the water in feces, and can produce illness in those who consume untreated, contaminated water.

Answer 6

Water-borne diseases

Question 7

Hepatitis A Virus

Polio Virus

Salmonella Bacteria

Shigella Bacteria

Cholera Bacteria

Amoebic Dysentery

Answer 7

Examples of waterborne diseases

Question 8

-Are diseases transmitted in or by food

Answer 8

Food-borne diseases

Question 9

to protect against food-borne diseases, sanitarians from local health departments routinely inspect food service establishments (restaurants) and retail food outlets (supermarkets) to verify that food is being stored and handled properly.

ترجم المكتوب

Answer 9

للحماية من الأمراض التي تنتقل عن طريق الأغذية ، يقوم عمال النظافة من إدارات الصحة المحلية بشكل روتيني بفحص مؤسسات الخدمات الغذائية (المطاعم) ومنافذ البيع بالتجزئة للأغذية (محلات السوبر ماركت) للتحقق من تخزين الطعام والتعامل معه بشكل صحيح.

Question 10

Examples of food-borne agents

Answer 10

bacteria:
-Salmonella
-Escherichia coli

Question 11

Are those transmitted by insects or other arthropods

Answer 11

Vector-borne diseases

Question 12

improper environmental management can cause vector- borne disease outbreaks.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Example of victor born disease

Answer 13

Dengue Fever
Malaria

They are transmitted by mosquitoes

Question 14

It is a result from mismanagement or misuse of chemicals resulting in an unacceptable risk to human health.

Answer 14

Chemical Hazards

Question 15

that have been manufactured for the purpose of reducing (pests)

Answer 15

Pesticides

التي تم تصنيعها لغرض الحد من (الافات)

Question 16

most pesticides kill non-target organisms as well as the target, or pest species.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

the wise use of pesticides can protect human health and agricultural crops.

Answer 17

True

الاستخدام الحكيم للمبيدات الحشرية يمكن أن يحمي صحة الإنسان والمحاصيل الزراعية.

Question 18

Examples of categories of pesticides

Answer 18

للحشائش Herbicides

Insecticides للحشرات

Question 19

is an environmental hazard produced by millions that smoke

Answer 19

Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)

Question 20

diseases associated with ETS include lung cancer and perhaps heart disease

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Regulation of smoking seems to be the best approach to controlling this pollutant

Answer 21

صح

Question 22

-Smoking has been increasingly restricted from public buildings and from many private work sites

Answer 22

صح

• تم تقييد التدخين بشكل متزايد من المباني العامة ومن العديد من مواقع العمل الخاصة

Question 23

Lead

ايش يعني

Answer 23

عنصر الرصاص

Question 24

Health problems associated with the over exposure to lead are:

Answer 24

anemia, birth defects, bone damage, kidney damage, and others.

فقر الدم، والعيوب الخلقية، وتلف العظام، وتلف الكلى، وغيرها.

Question 25

is a naturally occurring element that is used in the manufacturing of many industrial and domestic products

Answer 25

Lead

هو عنصر يحدث بشكل طبيعي ويستخدم في تصنيع العديد من المنتجات الصناعية والمحلية

Question 26

-Exposure to lead is by ingestion and inhalation.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

“A factor within the environment that can harm the body without necessarily touching it.”.

Answer 27

physical hazard

Question 28

Vibraion and noise are examples of:

Answer 28

physical hazards

Question 29

Vibraion

Answer 29

الاهتزاز

Question 30

Are environmental factors that produce psychological changes expressed as stress, depression, anxiety.

Answer 30

Psychological Hazards

Question 31

Are that resulted from living in a society where one experiences noise, lack of privacy and overcrowding.

Answer 31

Sociological Hazards

Question 32

Natural disasters are geographical and meteorological events of such magnitude and proximity to communities that they produce signiicant damage and injuries.

Answer 32

Site and Location Hazards

الكوارث الطبيعية هي أحداث جغرافية وأرصاد جوية بهذا الحجم والقرب من المجتمعات المحلية التي تسبب أضرارا وإصابات كبيرة.

Question 33

Examples to Site and Location Hazards

Answer 33

cyclones, earthquakes, loods, and volcanic eruptions.

الأعاصير والزلازل والانفجارات البركانية.

Question 34

Site and Location Hazards

The magnitude of devastation of these events can sometimes be great.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Biological, psychological and sociological hazards may increase following a natural disaster.

Answer 35

True

قد تزداد المخاطر البيولوجية والنفسية والاجتماعية بعد وقوع كارثة طبيعية.