Environmental Health — Flashcards

Flashcard 171: Instrument: _____ Use: Cooling power of air (primarily used for measuring low air velocity/air currents)

Answer: Kata thermometer

Extra: The Kata thermometer is used for measuring very low air velocities (below 1 m/s) and the cooling power of air.

Flashcard 172: 1. Identify → _____ 2. Uses → _____

Answer: Kew pattern station Barometer

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Answer: hardness of water

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Flashcard 174: _____ test is a test for chlorination and determines free and combined chlorine separately in water

Answer: Orthotolidine-arsenite (OTA)

Flashcard 175: _____ test is a test for chlorination and determines free and combined chlorine together in water

Answer: Orthotolidine (OT)

Flashcard 176: _____ disease (Japan), also called as ouch-ouch disease is due to nephrotoxicty caused by Cadmium.

Answer: Itai-itai

Flashcard 177: Chronic _____ exposure can lead to Blackfoot disease (PVD)

Answer: Arsenic

Flashcard 178: _____ test, this is used to check whether milk has been pasteurised.

Answer: Phosphatase

Flashcard 179: _____ coliform count detects the presence of E. coli colonies in the drinking water

Answer: Differential

Flashcard 180: _____ E. coli is transmitted by water sources

Answer: Enterotoxigenic