Risk, Toxicology, And Pesticides
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Read the following questions and mark the correct answer.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Risk involves the possibilty of suffering harm from a hazard that can cause injury, envrionmental damage,
- A.
Death
- B.
Economic loss
- C.
Disease
- D.
All the above
- 2.Chemicals vary widely in their _________ to humans and other animals.
- A.
Mutations
- B.
Toxicity
- C.
Levels
- 3._________ is a type of chemical that can cause temporary or permanat harm or death to humans or animals.
- A.
Toxic
- B.
Hazardous
- C.
Pesticide
- D.
A & B
- 4.______________ involves releasing infectious organisms into the air, water supply, or food supply and is a serious and growing threat.
- A.
Bioterrorism
- B.
Pesticides
- C.
Infections
- D.
Chemicals
- 5.Elimination of _______ will do far more to improve longevity and human health than any other measure.
- A.
Chemicals
- B.
Poverty
- C.
Pests
- D.
Animals
- 6.What percent of the pests damage crops each year?
- A.
10%
- B.
50%
- C.
75%
- D.
90%
- 7.Common types of pesticides include insecticides, herbicides
- A.
Fungicides
- B.
Toxicides
- C.
Rodenticides
- D.
A & C
- 8.DDT, which was discovered by Paul Muller, is a type of __________.
- A.
Insecticide
- B.
Fungicide
- C.
Rodenticide
- D.
Herbicide
- 9._______________ by Rachel Carson warned of danger of DDT and other broad spectrum of persistent pesticides.
- A.
Silver Spring
- B.
Silent Spring
- C.
The Edge of the Sea
- D.
The Sea around us
- 10.Since 1950, use of peesticides has increased by ____ %.
- A.
40
- B.
90
- C.
50
- D.
60
- 11.What is the full name of the second generation pesticide discovered by Paul Muller?
- A.
Agrobacterium radiobacter
- B.
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
- C.
Dichloropropene
- D.
Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium Chloride + Dimethyl Benzyl Ammonium Chloride
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