Silent Spring | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1 "A Fable for Tomorrow"

1. The town Carson describes is one where townsfolk and farmers and wildlife all live in _____________.

Harmony

2. The roadsides are lush with trees, ferns, and ____________.

Wildflowers

3. Farms and orchards do NOT include these trees, in Carson's description.

Palm

4. What are numerous in both kind and in sheer quantity according to Carson in the opening of the book?

Birds

5. What are so popular that tourists come to see them every year?

Migratory birds

6. What is plentiful in the streams, providing good fishing spots since early settler times?

Trout

7. What happens to the people in the beginning description which puzzles doctors?

They become ill

8. What is used to pollinate the plants and to pollinate the trees?

Bees

9. What is not produced as a result of not having the pollination process continue?

Fruit

10. What...
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