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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. Throughout earth's history, living things have __________ with their environment but not changed it.
(a) Tinkered
(b) Interacted
(c) Grown
(d) Battled

2. ______________ birds have also died as a result of the elm spraying.
(a) Black
(b) Burrowing
(c) Treetop
(d) Blue

3. What did the fire any not destroy, even though the US government made claims that it did?
(a) Money
(b) Trees
(c) Buildings
(d) Crops

4. Since the 1940s, more than 200 chemicals have been created for the purpose of _____________.
(a) War
(b) Experimentation
(c) Pharmaceuticals
(d) Pest control

5. What was infected with chemicals that led to the death of so many robins?
(a) Earthworms
(b) Nest building material
(c) Air
(d) Water

Short Answer Questions

1. If a robin did not die, it often suffered from __________ as a result of being exposed to DDT.

2. Fire ants' mounds actually serve to ________ the soil, which is a good thing.

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

4. ______________ do not kill people or birds, although the US government said they did.

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

(see the answer key)

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