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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 "Nature Fights Back".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did farm animals stop doing as a result of the fire any eradication program?
(a) Eating
(b) Walking
(c) Gaining weight
(d) Stop producing healthy young

2. If a robin did not die, it often suffered from __________ as a result of being exposed to DDT.
(a) Sterility
(b) Deafness
(c) Blindness
(d) Cancer

3. Chemicals can travel down ___________ or in underground aquifers to the bodies of water.
(a) Streets
(b) Watersheds
(c) Mountains
(d) Sewers

4. The Earth's soil is a ______________ of living creatures, all interdependent.
(a) Bed
(b) Nest
(c) Community
(d) City

5. What is the form of energy which is produced at every stage of the mitochondrial process?
(a) DNA
(b) ATP
(c) ADP
(d) ARP

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the toxin which is released through nuclear explosion?

2. Every cell in the body is involved in the production of ___________.

3. In many cases, the spraying is killing wildflowers which attract ___________.

4. The __________ system is susceptible to damage by toxins like chlorinated hydrocarbons and organic phosphates.

5. Repeated spraying lead to poisoned environments in which not only are resident creatures killed, but also those that _________ there.

(see the answer key)

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