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Chapter 13
Final Exam
6
Health Care
Undergraduate 3
02/21/2011

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Term
Define poverty.
Definition
Insufficient resources to eat and live healthfully
Term
Define and explain eutrophication
Definition
Overgrowth of auquatic plants caused by fertilizer run off.
Term
Define and give an example of precycling.
Definition
the process of reducing waste by using packages over again; using cloth diapers
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Explain how medical wastes are usually disposed of.
Definition
Incineration
Term
List the air pollutants that are direct byproducts of fossil fuel combustion.
Definition
Sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxides
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List the amount of water used each day by the average person in the United States.
Definition
80-100 gallons per day.
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