VCE Environmental Science Unit 4 Questions & Answers
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VCE Environmental Science Unit
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VCE Environmental Science Unit
Environmental Health - ANSWERS'Aspects of public health concerned with the factors, circumstances and conditions, in the environment/surroundings of humans that can exert an influence
Environmental Hazards - ANSWERSEnvironmental factors, which threaten or impair human health in some way ; (e.g. ...
VCE Environmental Science Unit 4
Questions & Answers
Environmental Health - ANSWERS'Aspects of public health concerned with the factors,
circumstances and conditions, in the environment/surroundings of humans that can
exert an influence
Environmental Hazards - ANSWERSEnvironmental factors, which threaten or impair
human health in some way ; (e.g. Contaminated water and food, chemical exposures,
polluted air and soil, Vector-borne diseases, etc.)
Identification of environmental hazards for human : - ANSWERSestablishing
relationships between the environmental hazard and the human illness.
Factors that link Environmental Hazards and human illnesses; - ANSWERSa.)
Environmental Factors (housing/climate)
b.) Demographic factors (Socio/economic factors)
c.) Genetics
d.) Other Exposures.
Who's responsibility is it, for managing environmental human health? - ANSWERSwithin
the Health Sector
Whose responsibility is it for managing the health of the environment? - ANSWERSThe
responsibility is under the jusrisdiction of Australian and State departments of the
Environments.
Three Levels of Environmental Issues? - ANSWERS*Local -> Small scale (e.g.
Chemical spill on a road, odour from a factory, etc.)
*Regional -> Have a quite large yet distinct area of impact (e.g. Acid Rain,
photochemical smog, etc.)
*Global -> have a global &International impact (e.g. Global Warming, Acid Rain, Ozone
Depletion, etc.)
Strategies to protect the environment and to prevent further degradation differ according
to the level the environmental issue falls into: - ANSWERS- Local Environmental Effects
- Regional Effects
- Global Environmental Effects
Local Environmental Effects - ANSWERSControlled by ' Local Legislations and the
Development of individual management plans' for industries that have the potential to
impact on the environment.
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