3. Around the House 100 pts.
These substances are typically used by farmers to
protect their crops from pests, but we also use
them for pests around the house. Unfortunately,
they have now started turning up in foods we
eat and can be highly dangerous.
5. Around the House 200 pts.
At home, people use these to tack important
papers to the refrigerator door. At work, NIEHS
scientists and doctors use them in machines
like the MRI pictured here to look inside our
bodies to find out what may be wrong with us
when we are sick.
7. Around the House 300 pts.
This hazardous metal is often found in old paint
which can be on the walls of your home. It can
also be found in the pipes of older Kitchens. If
exposed to, it can affect the way the nervous
system develops in small children.
9. Around the House 400 pts.
This chemical is used in some forms of
dishwashing detergent, bleach, and other
cleaning chemicals found in your home.
Though breathing in this chemical as a gas is
deadly, in your public pool, small amounts are
used to clean out the bacteria!
11. Around the House 500 pts.
This gas is highly dangerous to humans and
animals and you cannot see or smell it. It can
be found mainly around a gas stove in a
Kitchen. It has one Carbon atom and one
Oxygen atom.
13. Danger zones 100 pts.
Any substance that can cause injury or illness or
death may have this symbol. It is often
accompanied by the words : KEEP AWAY
FROM CHILDREN.
15. Danger zones 200 pts.
This symbol signals help for people who suffer
after being exposed to dangers. At the NIEHS
labs and elsewhere, kits with this symbol
contain basic medical supplies.
17. Danger zones 300 pts.
This symbol designates that a substance is
radioactive and dangerous. Normally people
handling it must wear special suits to protect
themselves.
18. Danger zones 300 pts.
What is Nuclear Waste or
Radiation?
GAME
GRID
19. Danger zones 400 pts.
A scientist’s workplace, which often goes by this
name, will have plenty of the symbol below in
view. It is the symbol for hazardous materials,
or Hazmats. It can be found on materials that
could catch on fire, hurt people or cause
dangerous chemical reactions.
21. Danger zones 500 pts.
This symbol, often on trash cans for medical
waste, tells us that a substance or an organism
that poses a threat to human health is
present.
23. Your Amazing Body 100 pts.
In science, the word “pulmonary” refers to this
organ, which is used in breathing. Some of the
parts associated with it include the bronchial
tubes and the the alveoli, or air sacs.
27. Your Amazing Body 300 pts.
Also known as the epidermis, this body part
protects you from damaging weather and
outside elements like the sun. It is also the
largest organ on the human body.
31. Your Amazing Body 500 pts.
This double helix is found in almost
every cell of the human body. It
contains instructions for building
every other body part. Every person
has their own unique set. The Clinical
Center you visited earlier today is
studying the role of this body part
and the environment in disease.
33. Environmental Science Heroes 100 pts.
Besides serving as Vice President under Bill
Clinton, this environmental hero is best known
for his cautionary film about global warming,
An Inconvenient Truth, which won him both a
Nobel Prize and an Academy Award.
35. Environmental Science Heroes 200 pts.
This man pioneered research on sustainable
farming. He is best known for coming up with
more than 100 uses for peanuts.
37. Environmental Science Heroes 300 pts.
This winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize was one of
the first scientists to research cancer
treatments, though she is best known for her
theory of radioactivity.
39. Environmental Science Heroes 400 pts.
This US President worked to preserve more
than 170 million acres, mostly in the West, in
the forms of national parks and monuments.
41. Environmental Science Heroes 500 pts.
This is Martin Rodbell, who won a Nobel Prize
for his work regarding signal transduction,
which is the study of how something outside a
cell can stimulate changes inside the cell. He
also served as Scientific Director of this federal
institute. (Name the Institute).
42. Environmental Science Heroes 500 pts.
What is the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
or NIEHS?
GAME
GRID
43. Earth Day! 100 pts.
April 22, 1970 marked the first celebration of
this holiday.
45. Earth Day! 200 pts.
This clean resource holds enough potential
energy to supply the entire Earth’s energy
needs. It already heats the world all by itself.
47. Earth Day! 300 pts.
This symbol is found on plastic bottles, soda
cans, newspapers and curbside bins,
reminding us all of one way we can help our
planet.
49. Earth Day! 400 pts.
Filling your home with appliances labeled with
this symbol allows the power plants to reduce
emissions into Earth’s atmosphere and helps
homeowners save money on their electric
bills.
