VIBS 422 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the two organisms put in Lake Champlain to study PCBs? - CORRECT
ANSWER Mysis relicta and benthic invertebrates
What is the Hudson River pollutant? - CORRECT ANSWER PCBs
How are PCBs transferred from mother to offspring? - CORRECT ANSWER Through
the placenta
What are PBBs transferred through? - CORRECT ANSWER Milk and eggs
What is the significance of the number and position of chlorines on PCBs? - CORRECT
ANSWER It affects their toxicity and environmental impact
What hormone is important for nerve cell metabolism, communication, and repair? -
CORRECT ANSWER Thyroid hormone
What is the effect of isothiocyanates on TPO? - CORRECT ANSWER They block
TPO and are considered goitrogenic
what do protein powders/supplements contain? - CORRECT ANSWER lead
3 EDC's in rice - CORRECT ANSWER arsenic, cadmium, lead
aluminum causes what? - CORRECT ANSWER increased risk of alzheimer's and
dementia
PFAs are found in what? - CORRECT ANSWER nonstick cookware
, EDCs affect what 3 generations? - CORRECT ANSWER mother, baby, baby ovaries
Kasaragod tragedy - CORRECT ANSWER endosulfan (pesticide) caused severe birth
defects
author of the Third Wave? - CORRECT ANSWER alvin toffler
3 waves? - CORRECT ANSWER agricultural, industrial, and information
4 great civilizations depending on water - CORRECT ANSWER egypt,
mesopotamia/babylon, india, and china
when and where did the second wave occur - CORRECT ANSWER britain, 1762-1840
3 routes of pollution - CORRECT ANSWER air, water, land
acid rain is caused by - CORRECT ANSWER sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides
HPV (high productino volume) - CORRECT ANSWER chemicals manufactured over
1 million lb per year
Sukinda valley tragedy - CORRECT ANSWER chromium from mines
Erin Brockovich carcinogen - CORRECT ANSWER Cr6 in drinking water
Hinkley tragedy - CORRECT ANSWER arsenic and uranium in water caused cancer
navajo tragedy - CORRECT ANSWER uranium (yellow dirt)
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the two organisms put in Lake Champlain to study PCBs? - CORRECT
ANSWER Mysis relicta and benthic invertebrates
What is the Hudson River pollutant? - CORRECT ANSWER PCBs
How are PCBs transferred from mother to offspring? - CORRECT ANSWER Through
the placenta
What are PBBs transferred through? - CORRECT ANSWER Milk and eggs
What is the significance of the number and position of chlorines on PCBs? - CORRECT
ANSWER It affects their toxicity and environmental impact
What hormone is important for nerve cell metabolism, communication, and repair? -
CORRECT ANSWER Thyroid hormone
What is the effect of isothiocyanates on TPO? - CORRECT ANSWER They block
TPO and are considered goitrogenic
what do protein powders/supplements contain? - CORRECT ANSWER lead
3 EDC's in rice - CORRECT ANSWER arsenic, cadmium, lead
aluminum causes what? - CORRECT ANSWER increased risk of alzheimer's and
dementia
PFAs are found in what? - CORRECT ANSWER nonstick cookware
, EDCs affect what 3 generations? - CORRECT ANSWER mother, baby, baby ovaries
Kasaragod tragedy - CORRECT ANSWER endosulfan (pesticide) caused severe birth
defects
author of the Third Wave? - CORRECT ANSWER alvin toffler
3 waves? - CORRECT ANSWER agricultural, industrial, and information
4 great civilizations depending on water - CORRECT ANSWER egypt,
mesopotamia/babylon, india, and china
when and where did the second wave occur - CORRECT ANSWER britain, 1762-1840
3 routes of pollution - CORRECT ANSWER air, water, land
acid rain is caused by - CORRECT ANSWER sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides
HPV (high productino volume) - CORRECT ANSWER chemicals manufactured over
1 million lb per year
Sukinda valley tragedy - CORRECT ANSWER chromium from mines
Erin Brockovich carcinogen - CORRECT ANSWER Cr6 in drinking water
Hinkley tragedy - CORRECT ANSWER arsenic and uranium in water caused cancer
navajo tragedy - CORRECT ANSWER uranium (yellow dirt)
