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

2. What can the chemical DDT cause in fish?
(a) Depression
(b) Blindness
(c) Starvation
(d) Color changes

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

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

5. _____________ hurts the soil on a virtually permanent basis, according to Carson.
(a) Corn crops
(b) Arsenic
(c) Wild orange oil
(d) DDT

Short Answer Questions

1. Our __________ carry thousands of years of adaptation and evolution to us.

2. What was the widespread Canadian spraying program designed to control the population of?

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

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

5. The fish may die some time after spraying as the toxins can be released from ____________.

(see the answer key)

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