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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 "The Other Road".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are so popular that tourists come to see them every year?
(a) Waves
(b) Migratory birds
(c) Changing leaves
(d) Fish population

2. ____________ is also contaminated because washing does not remove chemicals, nor does cooking.
(a) Packaged beans
(b) Meat
(c) Cheese
(d) Produce

3. What is the cellular structure that contains enzymes which accomplish the work of energy production?
(a) Lysosomes
(b) Mitochondria
(c) Vesicles
(d) Golgi Complex

4. The title of this chapter comes from Jean Rostand: "The obligation to endure gives us the right to ___________."
(a) Do what we want
(b) Change
(c) Control others
(d) Know

5. Other crops show signs of damage or ______ when planted in contaminated soil.
(a) Better taste
(b) Death
(c) Stunted growth
(d) Unnatural height

Short Answer Questions

1. Humans __________ plants when an an immediate use is not obvious for a plant.

2. For many thousands of years, ___________ have returned from the Atlantic each year.

3. ________________ are affected because poisoned fish are not a source of food to sell.

4. The _________ of Wyoming which supported many animal species were unintentionally killed, leading to massive animal death.

5. Life is able to adapt to environmental change over _____________, according to Carson.

(see the answer key)

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