toxicology

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What is toxicology?

• The study of life

• The study of the adverse effects of the drugs and poisons on living organisms

• The study of what poisons are made of

• The study of drugs on living organisims

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What are the different types of toxicology mentioned in the slide? Select all that apply

• environmental

• Terminal

• medical

• consumer

• forensic

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What are poisons?

• Chemicals that can injure or impair body functions

• Substances injected by one species to another

• An addictive, sleep-inducing drug, that acts as a central nervous system depressant

• Substance that increases alertness, attention, and energy, blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration

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________ are mostly described as drugs produced by microorganisms

• Drugs

• Poisons

• Toxins

• Venom

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______ are substances that are injected from one species to another

• Toxins

• Venoms

• Poisons

• Drugs

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How long has poisoning been used for

• 6,000 years

• 6,500 years

• 7,000 years

• 5,500years

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_____ poisoning is the effects of a substance from one exposure or a few exposures in a short period of time; _____ Poisoning is long-term repeated exposure where symptoms don't occur right away.

• Chronic;Poison

• Acute; Poison

• Chronic;Acute

• Acute; Chronic

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which of the following listed below do NOT contribute to the factors affecting poisoning

• Dose

• Location of where it occurred

• Tolerance

• Route of administration

• Age

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Toxic substances may not

• Contribute to death

• make you stronger

• cause impairment

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These are the general types of poisons

• Gases, Inorganic poisons, Alkaloidal, nonalkaloidal

• Acidic, gases, alklode, nonalkalode

• Alkaloidal, nonalkaloidal, injection,

• Gases, organic, alklode, nonalkalode

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How much concentration of CO in air and time of inhalation will it take to lead to death?

• 1%; 10 min

• 3%; 1 min

• 1%; 3 min

• 3%; 3 min

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Does carbon monoxide have a taste or color?

• yes

• no

• sometimes

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Does this make it easy for people to detect?

• Yes

• No

• sometimes

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Where is arsenic typically found?

• by consuming fish

• ground water

• paint

• additives to make things cheaper

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What are some of the symptoms of over exposure to lead? there are more than one correct answer

• Nausea

• insomnia

• anemia

• Mad hatter disease

• personality changes

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Where is the source for getting overexposure to mercury?

• Ground water

• Eating fish

• paint

• additives to make things cheaper

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What does lead do to children?

• interferes with the nervous system and causes learning disablities

• Causes nausea

• nothing kids are immune

• causes minor symptoms, it is worse in adults

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How long were residents of Flint reported to be without clean water?

• 9 months

• not long

• 18 months too long!!

• 12 months

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What is are some symptoms of overexposure to mercury

• discoloration in the gums

• Sensory impairment and lack of cordination

• kidney failure

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what happens when there is an over exposure of arsenic

• Changes in color of skin and nails and possibly death

• Mad Hatter disease

• discoloration in gums

• organ failure

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Thallium and polonium are not radioactive

• True

• False

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select the different ways that cyanide can be entered the body. There are more than one right answer

• inhalation

• injection

• direct skin contact

• ingestion

• when someone keeps it in a jar

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Cyanide is...

• kind of lethal

• not very lethal

• very lethal

• Does nothing

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Strychnine has a very sweet taste which makes it hard to detect

• true

• false

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Strychnine doesn't cause much pain which is why it is used in suicides

• true

• false

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How toxic is ricin?

• extremely toxic; a few grains can kill

• slightly toxic

• not very toxic, many doses are needed

• moderately toxic

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what are pesticides?

• Toxic substances released unintentionally into the environment to to kill living things

• A drug that changes a person's perceptions and thinking

• Toxic substances released intentionally into the environment to to kill living things

• Substance that increases alertness, attention, and energy, blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration

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Pesticides are meant to kill.... Select all that apply

• Weeds

• rodents

• insects

• people

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What happened when pesticides were released in India? select all that apply

• 15,000 people died

• People had more kids

• people gave birth to children who had mental disabilities

• it caused birth defects that made people have more twins and triplets

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toxins are produced by...

• plants and animals

• people

• snake venom

• certain plants