| Session 8
SELF TEST 6
1. Studies have shown that most people perceive air pollution.
a. primarily in health-related terms
b. primarily in terms of its "nuisance-value" (i.e., in
terms of such things as visibility, smell, etc.)
c. primarily through cues of the presence of air pollution causes
(such as automobiles, tall buildings, smokestacks, etc.)
d. primarily in terms of what their parents tell them
2. Which of the following is not true?
a. much of the carbon monoxide in our atmosphere is natural and not
due to man’s technology
b. carbon monoxide mixes with blood easier than oxygen
c. carbon monoxide is lethal
d. minimal exposure to carbon monoxide can lead to
e. Parkinsonism and epilepsy
3. Minimal exposure levels to carbon monoxide over extended periods
of time can cause:
- Parkinsonism
- epilepsy
- retardation
- all of the above
4. Individuals usually opt to adjust the environment rather than
adapt to it. While the __________ of this venture may benefit the needs
of the people, the ________ may be very detrimental on our well being.
- short term effects, long term effects
- long term effects, short term effects
- neither "a" nor "b"
- both "a" and "b," depending on the adjustment
made
5. Which of the following is the most important organ in the coordination
of body rythms to the cycles of external light and darkness?
- hypothalamus
- pineal gland
- thalamus
- pituitary gland
6. In Bates' three levels of atmospheric environment, which of the
following refers to the climate of the working and living environment?
- microclimate
- ecoclimate
- geoclimate
- macroclimate
7. There is a moderate to strong association between _________ and
human irritability, depression, tension, insonmia, and migraines.
- positive ion concentration
- negative ion concentration
- terrorism
- "b" and "c"
Answer to Self Test 6
1. b
2. a
3. d
4. a
5. b
6. b
7. a
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