EHST 2110 Exam 1 Hill ECU, EHST 2110
Exam #1, EHST 2110 ECU HIll Exam 1
Questions and Answers
2 biggest concerns with landfills? - ANSWER - Methane gas and leachate (garbage juice)
Food additive used to preserve foods - ANSWER - What is Sodium Nitrite?
Leachate - ANSWER - Garbage juice can end up contaminating ground water
zoonosis - ANSWER - an infectious disease in animals that can be transmitted to people
Bottled Water - ANSWER - What did American's spend $15 billion on last year?
Three R's - ANSWER - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
vectors - ANSWER - an insect or any living carrier that transports an infectious agent from an
infected individual or it wastes to a susceptible individual or its food or immediate surroundings
FAT TOM
Food, Acidity (ph), Time, Temperature, Oxygen and Moisture - ANSWER - What are the 6 things
that microorganisms need to grow in food?
Types of wastes - ANSWER - Municipal waste
Industrial waste
Agricultural waste
Hazardous waste
, local environmental health sections use _________ in its vector control program - ANSWER -
integrated pest management
Potentially Hazardous Foods - ANSWER - -Moist
-high-protein food
-have a neutral or slightly acidic ph.
(Mayo, Mushrooms, uncooked meats, raw eggs, and raw cookie dough)
Food Temperature Danger Zone - ANSWER - 41-135 Fahrenheit
If thawed in microwave, you have to cook it IMMEDIATELY, because it's in the food temperature
danger zone.
integrated pest management - ANSWER - eliminating food, water, and hide and live places
(breathe)
What is the #1 strategy of eliminating and managing solid waste? - ANSWER - Source
Reduction
Global warming has increased a pest that is killing off white spruce in record numbers on
_________ - ANSWER - Alaska's Kenai Peninsula
Adulteration - ANSWER - The addition of inferior or cheaper materials to a pure food product in
order to stretch out supplies & increase profits.
What is municipal waste? - ANSWER - Households, institutions, commercial establishments,
municipal sources
Largest component of municipal waste - ANSWER - Paper and paper products
problems caused by pests - ANSWER - -causes discomfort
-vectors of disease
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