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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 "Through a Narrow Window".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Without plants, there could be no _________ of any kind.
(a) Greenery
(b) Pollution
(c) Food
(d) Animals

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

4. Our __________ carry thousands of years of adaptation and evolution to us.
(a) Skin cells
(b) Families
(c) Brains
(d) Genes

5. Plants growing in contaminated soil may carry the contaminants into their _____________.
(a) Tissues
(b) Neighbor plants
(c) Chlorophyll
(d) DNA

Short Answer Questions

1. Chemicals that act upon our genes can cause sudden __________, producing new and undesirable changes in subsequent generations.

2. What kind of creature plays a vital role as a source for food, as well as being an aerator, a scavenger, and a source of bait?

3. _____________ hurts the soil on a virtually permanent basis, according to Carson.

4. Without functioning ____________, even our organs are useless.

5. The smallest _______ reveals a whole universe of relationships within the body

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