Basic Requirements for Human Health

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What is one of the consequences of climate change, according to the text?

  • Depletion of industrial emissions
  • Increase in population growth
  • Increase in food production
  • Mosquitoes and diseases travel to higher altitudes (correct)

What is a characteristic of the Public Health Intervention model?

  • Reactive and risky
  • Proactive and focused on individual care
  • Proactive and limiting exposure to diseases (correct)
  • Focused on the environment and proactive

Which strategy is NOT mentioned as part of the Environmental Stewardship model?

  • Restore habitat and biodiversity
  • Control industrial emissions
  • Direct population growth and development
  • Implement sanitation and waste management (correct)

What is a difference between developed and less developed countries?

<p>Availability of infrastructure to support public health strategies (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a goal of the Environmental Stewardship model?

<p>To protect the present and future population (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of the Clinical Intervention model?

<p>Reactive and risky (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary assumption of the Stewardship Model?

<p>That intact ecosystems provide necessary services to humans (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between continental crust and oceanic crust?

<p>Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the rigid outer layer of the Earth that includes the crust and part of the upper mantle?

<p>Lithosphere (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process that shapes the Earth's surface and affects sea level change over time?

<p>Plate tectonics (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the approximate percentage of nitrogen in the Earth's atmosphere?

<p>79% (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the layer of the Earth that extends from the crust down to a depth of about 2,900 km?

<p>Mantle (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which geological process affects sea level change over time?

<p>Plate tectonics (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between the continental crust and oceanic crust?

<p>Density (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of the Earth's atmosphere is composed of oxygen?

<p>20% (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the layer of the Earth that is pliable and can flow under pressure?

<p>Asthenosphere (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the balance between the thickness of the crust and the density of the mantle?

<p>Isostasy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of the Stewardship Model?

<p>To conserve ecosystems (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a major consequence of climate change on human health?

<p>Mosquitoes and diseases traveling to higher altitudes (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a major limitation of Clinical Intervention model?

<p>It only reacts to diseases after they occur (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a major difference between developed and less developed countries in terms of human health?

<p>Infrastructure to support public health strategies (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of Environmental Stewardship model?

<p>To take care of the environment to prevent disease (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a strategy mentioned in the Public Health Intervention model?

<p>Minimize soil depletion (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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