Download Unit 11 Study Guide - Environmental Science

APES Study Guide 11
Human Health and Air Pollution
This unit will begin with the study of how environmental hazards affect human health. You will then learn the various
mechanisms that result in the formation of outdoor and indoor air pollutants and the resulting consequences of those
pollutants on human health.
Textbook Reference
Miller, Living in the Environment, 15th edition: Chapters 18–19, Supplements 22-23 (S65-68)
Outside Reading
TBA
Other Materials
Super Size Me
Vocabulary
toxicology
toxicity
mutagen
teratogen
carcinogen
pathogen
endocrine disruptor
malaria
PCBs
World Health Organization (WHO)
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
heavy metal
body burden
hazardous chemical
dose
risk
societal risk
dose-response curve
LD-50
ED-50
threshold concentration
dioxin
epidemiology
noise pollution
endocrine system
immune system
ionizing radiation
primary pollutant
secondary pollutant
oxides of sulfur (SOx)
oxides of nitrogen (NOx)
volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
peroxyacyl nitrates (PANs)
aldehydes
particulate matter (PM-10)
ozone
radon
photochemical smog
temperature inversion
acid deposition
acid rain
buffer
respiratory system
bronchiole
alveoli
cilia
Clean Air Act
catalytic converter
electrostatic precipitator
scrubber
cyclone collector (separator)
baghouse filter
indoor air pollution
Study Guide Questions (SGQs)
1. Describe ten risks you take in your everyday life.
Differentiate between risks over which you have control
and risks over which you have no control. Considering the
area in which you live, include three risks you are you
exposed to from your natural environment.
2. Distinguish between transmissible and non-transmissible
diseases. List three deadly infectious diseases and identify
the most disease vector for each infectious transmissible
disease.
3. The use of the pesticide DDT is an example of the conflict
between benefit to humans and environmental damage.
List two benefits and two costs that result from the use of
DDT. Write an argument in favor of, and an argument
opposed to a worldwide ban of DDT.
4. During the time of Emperor Augustus of Rome, the
plumbing pipes, which carried drinking water to the
aristocracy, were made of lead, while the drinking water
pipes of poor people were made of cheaper ceramic.
Speculate on how this fact may have contributed to the fall
of Rome. Identify and describe a modern analogy for this
illustration.
5. Describe how modern transportation contributes to the
spread of transmissible diseases in the world today.
Provide three examples of emerging diseases that have
been amplified by the actions you described.
6. Distinguish between primary and secondary
pollutants and list and describe two
examples of each.
7. Explain how acid deposition occurs, and the
effects it has on the environment. Describe
two strategies for moderating the damage
done by acid deposition.
8. Compare urban air pollution problems in
developed countries with those in
developing countries. Differentiate between
the challenges of solving air pollution
problems in both the developed and in the
developing world.
9. Radon gas is nontoxic and nonreactive,
however, once radon gas enters homes, it
poses a threat to human health. Discuss
how radon enters homes and explain the
process that makes radon a health threat
even though it is a weak radiation emitter.
10. Other than radon, list three indoor air
pollutants. For each, identify its source, the
effect it has on human health, and a
method for reducing or eliminating its
presence in indoor air.
APES Calendar
Monday
February 20
Tuesday
February 21
Wednesday
February 22
Presidents’ Day
Late Start Day
Unit 10 Test
No School
Personal CO2
Emissions Inventory
Due
Unit 10 Vocabulary
List Due
SGQs 6-10 Due
In Class:
 Unit Review
 No Mr. Hong 
In Class:
 Super Size Me
HW:
 Finish watching
Super Size Me
online
 read 5 pages
 10 vocabulary
Tuesday
February 28
In Class:
 Infectious
Diseases
 Chemical
Hazards
HW:
 read 5 pages
 10 vocabulary
In Class:
 Return &
Review Unit 10
Test
 Risk
HW:
 read 5 pages
 10 vocabulary
HW:
 Review Unit
Monday
February 27
Thursday
February 23
Wednesday
February 29
Quiz
In Class:
 Photochemical
Smog
 Tropospheric
Ozone
Handout:
 Ozone Lab
 Particulate Lab
Thursday
March 1
In Class:
 Indoor Air
In Class:
 Ozone Lab
 Particulate Lab
HW:
 read 5 pages
 10 vocabulary
 SGQs 1-5
HW:
 Ozone Lab &
Particulate Lab
prelab
 read 5 pages
 10 vocabulary
Monday
March 5
In Class:
 Particulate Lab
 Ozone Lab
 Indoor Air
HW:
 Review Unit
Tuesday
March 6
In Class:
 Unit Review
HW:
 Review Unit
 SGQs 6-10
Friday
February 24
Your World
Project Day
HW:
 read 10 pages
 10 vocabulary
Friday
March 2
Your World
Project ½ Day
Due:
 SGQs 1-5
In Class:
 Ozone Lab
HW:
 finish reading
 finish vocabulary
Wednesday
March 7
Thursday
March 8
Friday
March 9
Unit 11 Test
Particulate Lab &
Ozone Lab Due
Your World
Project Day
Unit 11 Vocabulary
List Due
SGQs 6-10 Due
In Class:
 Return &
Review Unit 11
test
 Solid Waste
HW:
 read 5 pages
 10 vocabulary
HW:
 read 10 pages
 10 vocabulary