All answers must be typed .

All answers must

be typed .

Type

you

r

answers in

separate

file, in the order listed below. Do not include

the questions.

Radiation

(1)

Describe three ways that radiation

effects

human health. (6 points)

(2)

What are the three types of radiation? (6 points)

(3)

Choose one of the following nuclear disasters and provide the following information (12 points)

a.

When and where it happened

b.

How many people were affected (for example

short term

death vs.

long term

death vs.

chronic illness)

c.

A brief description of the underlying cause

Choose from: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl. Fukushima, Tokaimura

Climate Change

(4)

What is a greenhouse gas and how do they lead to global warming?

(6 points)

(5)

Descr

ibe, in a paragraph, evidence for anthropogenic global warming.

(5 points)

(6)

Climate change and Vector

-

Borne Disease.

You

will

ch

o

ose

one

vector borne

disease that is

impacted by global climate change, other than malaria.

You

will then write about this disease

and how it is expected to impacted by global warming.

Your

answer should be written as an

essay (1

–

3 pages, double

-

spaced and typed) and include the following information

(65 points)

T

he

basic

biology of the disease

-

i.e.

How it

is spread

?

What

is

the l

ife cycle of the

pathogen

s

and the vector

s

The symptoms of the disease in humans

H

ow global climate change will change the infection rates of the disease and why. What

climate variables are

import

ant

to understanding

the change

?

For this part of the take home,

you

will also need to provide citations for

your

work

All answers must be typed . Type your answers in separate file, in the order listed below. Do not include

the questions.

Radiation

(1) Describe three ways that radiation effects human health. (6 points)

(2) What are the three types of radiation? (6 points)

(3) Choose one of the following nuclear disasters and provide the following information (12 points)

a. When and where it happened

b. How many people were affected (for example short term death vs. long term death vs.

chronic illness)

c. A brief description of the underlying cause

Choose from: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl. Fukushima, Tokaimura

Climate Change

(4) What is a greenhouse gas and how do they lead to global warming? (6 points)

(5) Describe, in a paragraph, evidence for anthropogenic global warming. (5 points)

(6) Climate change and Vector-Borne Disease. You will choose one vector borne disease that is

impacted by global climate change, other than malaria. You will then write about this disease

and how it is expected to impacted by global warming. Your answer should be written as an

essay (1 – 3 pages, double-spaced and typed) and include the following information (65 points)

The basic biology of the disease - i.e. How it is spread? What is the life cycle of the

pathogens and the vectors

The symptoms of the disease in humans

How global climate change will change the infection rates of the disease and why. What

climate variables are important to understanding the change?

For this part of the take home, you will also need to provide citations for your work