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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. _______________ can be much more effective at controlling budworm.
(a) Natural parasites
(b) Organic herbs
(c) Other chemicals
(d) Targeted spraying

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

3. What does the narrow window reveal when seen from far away?
(a) Death
(b) Nothing
(c) Blue skies
(d) Sliver of light

4. This kind of vegetable absorbs huge levels of poisons, which would have harmed humans if they had eaten the produce.
(a) Peppers
(b) Beans
(c) Carrot
(d) Tomato

5. ______________ is the basic process of life creation for everything from amoebae to humans.
(a) Cell mutation
(b) Cell respiration
(c) Cell division
(d) Cell ligation

Short Answer Questions

1. Many attempts to control ___________ have results in massive fish kills.

2. ______ ponds are particularly susceptible to poisoning because of their proximity to chemically treated fields.

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

4. __________________ is the basis of all life function.

5. The ____________ systems of all creatures are adversely affected by DDT and other chemicals, so that this drastic disruption of the unversal currency of life affects the capacity of all living things.

(see the answer key)

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