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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. There is a widespread, critical shortage of ____________ across the globe.
(a) Water treatment
(b) Filters
(c) Rain
(d) Fresh water

2. __________ are simply plants that are in the wrong place at the wrong time.
(a) Flowers
(b) Bushes
(c) Trees
(d) Weeds

3. The business of chemical _______ is booming because people approach plant life without thinking about any perspective but their own immediate desires.
(a) Cleaners
(b) Cosmetics
(c) Weed killers
(d) Fragrances

4. The majority of the Earth's surface is covered with __________.
(a) Trees
(b) Birds
(c) Water
(d) Land

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the toxin which is released through nuclear explosion?

2. What is the name for chemicals that mix with other pollutants and substances in the water, producing unidentifiable results?

3. Much of the world's water is polluted by ________ from many sources.

4. During what war time was the spraying of chemicals made more intense and more widespread?

5. ____________ and animals were sprayed directly during the campaign against the gypsy moths.

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