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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 "Realms of the Soil".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the modern world, life does not have the luxury of ________.
(a) Time
(b) Money
(c) Control
(d) Research

2. There is evidence that chemicals travel via ____________.
(a) Crops
(b) The air
(c) Groundwater
(d) Animals

3. Much of the world's water is polluted by ________ from many sources.
(a) Nuclear plants
(b) Animals
(c) Waste
(d) Dirt

4. Who has poisoned the entire environment, according to Carson as she will prove in this book?
(a) People
(b) Insects
(c) Animals
(d) Plants

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Only _________ have gained the ability to reserve the roles and actually change the environment they live in.

2. What is contaminated with DDT so that it ends up affecting a human consumer of eggs?

3. Plants growing in contaminated soil may carry the contaminants into their _____________.

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

5. What happens to the people in the beginning description which puzzles doctors?

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