Environmental Health — Flashcards

Flashcard 101: Identify the instrument: _____ Uses: Measurement of relative humidity and air temperature

Answer: Wet and Dry Bulb Thermometer

Flashcard 102: SO2 is an indicator for _____

Answer: industrial air pollution

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Flashcard 103: horrocks apparatus contains _____ cups

Answer: 6

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Flashcard 104: In the **Bangalore method** of composting, formation of humus takes _____

Answer: 4-6 months

Flashcard 105: examples of larvivorus fishes

Answer: Gambusia Poecilia (Guppy)

Extra: Gambusia affinis and Poecilia reticulata are the most commonly used larvivorous fish for biological control of mosquito larvae.

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Answer: sand filters

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Flashcard 107: organic waste is called _____

Answer: garbage

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Flashcard 108: _____ is the sum of grit index and soiling index

Answer: Air pollution index

Extra: The Air Pollution Index is sometimes calculated as the sum of the grit index (larger particles) and the soiling index (smaller smoke particles). Coefficient of Haze (COH) is actually a unit/measure used for the soiling index itself.

Flashcard 109: McArdle index depends on _____

Answer: CET (Corrected Effective Temperature)

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Answer: day light factor

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