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Match the term with the correct description

Thomas Malthus

Crude birth rate

Zero population growth

Disability - adjusted life years

Pathogens

Emergent

Conservation medicine

Antigens

Endocrine disruptors

Neurotoxins

Disease-causing organisms that include viruses, bacteria, and parasitic worms

A disease not previously known or absent for at least 20 years

Disrupt normal hormone functions, e.g., dioxin

Occurs when birth plus immigration in a population equals death plus emigration

Wrote an essay on the principle of population in which he showed that human populations increase exponentially

Metabolic poisons that specifically attack nerve cells; most are extremely toxic and fast acting

Substances that are recognized as foreign by white blood cells and stimulate the production of specific antibodies

h.

Number of births in a year per 1,000

Combines premature deaths and loss of healthy life resulting from illness or disability

Examines how environmental changes threaten the health of humans and natural communities

a.

Disease-causing organisms that include viruses, bacteria, and parasitic worms

b.

A disease not previously known or absent for at least 20 years

c.

Disrupt normal hormone functions, e.g., dioxin

d.

Occurs when birth plus immigration in a population equals death plus emigration

e.

Wrote an essay on the principle of population in which he showed that human populations increase exponentially

f.

Metabolic poisons that specifically attack nerve cells; most are extremely toxic and fast acting

g.

Substances that are recognized as foreign by white blood cells and stimulate the production of specific antibodies

h.

Number of births in a year per 1,000

i.

Combines premature deaths and loss of healthy life resulting from illness or disability

j.

Examines how environmental changes threaten the health of humans and natural communities

Explanation / Answer

a. Disease-causing organisms that include viruses, bacteria, and parasitic worms

Pathogens

b. A disease not previously known or absent for at least 20 years

emergent

c.Disrupt normal hormone functions, e.g., dioxin

Endocrine disruptors

d.Occurs when birth plus immigration in a population equals death plus emigration

Zero population growth

e.Wrote an essay on the principle of population in which he showed that human populations increase exponentially

Thomas Malthus

f.Metabolic poisons that specifically attack nerve cells; most are extremely toxic and fast acting

Neurotoxins

g.Substances that are recognized as foreign by white blood cells and stimulate the production of specific antibodies.

Antigens

h. Number of births in a year per 1,000

crude birth rate

i. Combines premature deaths and loss of healthy life resulting from illness or disability

Disability - adjusted life years

j. Examines how environmental changes threaten the health of humans and natural communities

conservation medicine

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