Vocab

Question 1

Disease causing agents

Answer 1

Pathogen

Question 2

How a population changes in size during a specific time period

Answer 2

Growth rate

Question 3

Introduction of machinery powered by fossil fuels

Answer 3

Industrial Revolution

Question 4

How harmful a substance is to an organism

Answer 4

Toxicity

Question 5

Average number of children a female member of a population has during her lifetime

Answer 5

Total Fertility rate

Question 6

Difference in assets and income between individuals in a society or between nations

Answer 6

Wealth gap

Question 7

Effect an organism shows as a result of exposure to an substance

Answer 7

Response

Question 8

Number of babies out of 1000 that die during the first year of life

Answer 8

Infant mortality

Question 9

Total fertility rate for a nation that would keep its population size

Answer 9

Replacement fertility

Question 10

Average number of year an individual is expected to live

Answer 10

Life expectancy

Question 11

Process of measuring risk

Answer 11

Risk assessment

Question 12

Amount of substance an organism is exposed to

Answer 12

Dose

Question 13

Factor that threatens or is harmful to human health

Answer 13

Hazard

Question 14

Probability that a hazard will cause harmful response

Answer 14

Risk

Question 15

Study of how environmental factors affect human health and our quality of life

Answer 15

Environmental health