Name:_____________________
Open Note Quiz!!
Environmental Health
Directions: Using your notes that you have taken so far in class, fill in the blanks. You may
use the textbook as well if you need to. (Chapter 28).
Topics in this quiz are: laws for environmental health, air, and noise pollution.
This WILL be graded 
1. Which air pollutant forms acid rain? _________________
_____________________
2. The trapping of heat by gases in the earth’s atmosphere is called the ____________________
____________________.
3. An odorless, radioactive gas that can cause lung cancer is ___________________.
4. What level of noise can lead to permanent hearing loss? _________________
5. The agency responsible for protecting the country’s land, air, water is
_______________________ ______________________ ____________________.
6. What are the three R’s for reducing waste? ____________________
___________________ ____________________.
7. The agency responsible for safety standards for workplaces and preventing injuries in the workplace
is ______________________________
_________________ and
_____________________ __________________________.
8. The law that allows the EPA to set standards for major air pollutants is the _________________
__________ _____________.
9. The law that protects the quality of drinking water is the _________________
___________________ ________________ _________________.
10. What occurs when a layer of warm air forms above a layer of cool air?
_______________________ _______________________.
11. The mineral fiber that was used in the past for insulation and can lead to lung cancer?
__________________
12. An index for reporting daily air quality created by the EPA is the ___________ (acronym)
13. Harmful, unwanted sound loud enough to damage hearing is called _______________
__________________.
14. The chief greenhouse gas produced by human activity is ____________________
__________________.
15. The study of humans and their interactions with the environment is _____________________
_______________.
16. ___________________________ is found in aerosol sprays that cause damage to the ozone.
17. Human health is dependent on a ________________ __________________
____________________.
18. The ______________________ ____________________________
________________________ _____________________________
_______________________________ Act is a law that provides funding to clean up
uncontrolled or hazardous waste sites & oil & chemical spills
19. Air pollution is the __________________________ of the earth’s atmosphere by harmful
substances.
20. _______________________ is both a natural and a man-made product that occurs in the
Earth’s upper atmosphere and the lower atmosphere