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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. Without functioning ____________, even our organs are useless.
(a) Cells
(b) Brain activity
(c) Blood streams
(d) Lungs

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

3. 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?
(a) Fiddler crab
(b) Earth worm
(c) Round worm
(d) Smelt

4. What was the widespread Canadian spraying program designed to control the population of?
(a) Spruce budworm
(b) Pond spiders
(c) Bacteria levels in the water
(d) Salmon

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the cellular structure that contains enzymes which accomplish the work of energy production?

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

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

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