Environmental Health

The surroundings or conditions surrounding something is known as a(n) _______.

• Challenge

• Goal

• Environment

• Circumstance

Homes, schools, communities, and nature can be considered an environment.

• True

• False

_________ means air is suitable and clean enough for humans in both inside and outside environments.

• Climate change

• Infectious diseases

• Air quality

• Pollution

________ is a long term change in local and global weather patterns.

• Climate change

• Infectious diseases

• Air quality

• Pollution

________ are diseases that are passed from person to person and can impact environmental and global health.

• Climate change

• Infectious diseases

• Air quality

• Pollution

________ introduces harmful materials into an environment.

• Climate change

• Infectious diseases

• Air quality

• Pollution

___________ a sudden and terrible weather event that causes serious damage to people, buildings, and infrastructure.

• Climate change

• Infectious diseases

• Natural disaster

• Pollution

In the event of a natural disaster, it is important to have a(n) ________ plan to try to leave or stay safe.

• lesson

• backup

• emergency

• game

If you have enough time before a natural disaster (like a hurricane) and know that it will occur, it is important to ___________.

• Sleep

• Evacuate (leave)

• Stay in your house

____________ are how a person's immune system reacts to something in an environment that might not bother other people.

• Allergies

• Infectious disease

• Communicable disease

• Injury