Chapter 9: Atmospheric Pollution

Malaria

________ is a parasitic disease caused by bites from infected mosquitoes.

AP exam

The ________ may test your knowledge of specific pathogens and infectious diseases: here are the ones it specifically tests.

Guillain Barré

It is closely related to the viruses microencephaly and other brain malformations when transferred to a fetus, and in adults it has been linked to ________ syndrome, a rapid- onset muscle weakness.

West Nile virus

________ is transmitted to humans via bites from infected mosquitoes.

sufficient dosages

A toxin is any substance that, when inhaled, ingested, or absorbed at ________, damages a living organism, and the toxicity of a toxin is the degree to which it is biologically harmful.

Pathogens

________ can attack directly or via a carrier organism (called a vector)

Tuberculosis

________ is a bacterial infection that typically attacks the lungs.

Plague

________ is a disease carried by organisms infected with the ________ bacteria.

Acid rain

________ is produced from the combination of sulfur oxides (such as SO2 and SO3) and water vapor.

Delaney Clause

The ________ is on the list of legislations required for the exam, so make sure to memorize it.

Industrial Revolution

The beginning of the ________ marked the entrance of pollutants from fossil fuel into the atmosphere, for example, which has been environmentally disastrous.

Poverty

________- stricken, low- income areas often lack sanitary waste disposal and have contaminated drinking water supplies, leading to havens and opportunities for the spread of infectious diseases.

sub Saharan Africa

It is widespread in the tropical and subtropical regions of the globe, especially in ________.

Cholera

________ is a bacterial disease that is contracted from infected water.

Dysentery

________ is a type of gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach and small intestine) that results in diarrhea with blood, plus often fever and abdominal pain.

Early humans

________ fire created pollutants, and the Romans lead smelting resulted in air pollution that drifted thousands of miles from the source- and has even been discovered trapped in the ice of Greenland.

human populations

Pathogens, being single- celled organisms, are usually able to adapt quickly to take advantage of new opportunities to infect and spread through ________.

Substances

________ are usually tested for toxicity using a dose- response analysis.

AIDS

When it causes a change in a persons state of health, it has morphed into a disease called ________.

bodily fluids

It is spread by breathing in the bacteria from the ________ of an infected person.

Drug Administration

The Food and ________ (FDA) is the body that regulates food and related products; it was empowered to do so by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938.

infection

A(n) ________ is the result of a pathogen invading the body, and disease occurs when the ________ causes a change in the state of health.

The AP exam may test your knowledge of specific pathogens and infectious diseases

here are the ones it specifically tests

Substances that are considered contributors to air pollution have two sources

they can be natural releases from the environment or they can be created by humans