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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 "Indiscriminately from the Skies".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Large-scale, single-crop farming eliminates the _______________ that provided built in control of pests.
(a) Biodiversity
(b) Possibility
(c) Regulation
(d) Chemicals

2. What is the toxin which is released through nuclear explosion?
(a) Arsenic
(b) Radiation
(c) Soot
(d) Gamma rays

3. Chemical insecticides and herbicides are challenging because they are _____________.
(a) Sometimes safe
(b) Ignored
(c) Difficult to detect
(d) Hidden from view

4. Fire ants' mounds actually serve to ________ the soil, which is a good thing.
(a) Water
(b) Preserve
(c) Protect
(d) Aerate

5. The _________ of Wyoming which supported many animal species were unintentionally killed, leading to massive animal death.
(a) Sagebrush
(b) Trees
(c) Willows
(d) Weeds

Short Answer Questions

1. The campaign in the American West to replace _______ with grass is one example of man's arrogant approach to plants.

2. Attempts to control a particular ________ in Clear Lake, California resulted in massive bird death.

3. The title of this chapter comes from Jean Rostand: "The obligation to endure gives us the right to ___________."

4. ______________ birds have also died as a result of the elm spraying.

5. What group of substances includes insecticides and pesticides?

(see the answer key)

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