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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 1960, in the Klamath/Tule Lake region, agricultural pesticides were collected in the water bodies of a _____________.
(a) Toilet
(b) Wildlife refuge
(c) Library
(d) Swimming pool

2. Other crops show signs of damage or ______ when planted in contaminated soil.
(a) Stunted growth
(b) Better taste
(c) Unnatural height
(d) Death

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

4. The organic ____________ insecticides like Malathion and parathion are in wide use in 1962, when the book was written.
(a) Carbon
(b) Arsenic
(c) Phosphorus
(d) Boron

5. Farms and orchards do NOT include these trees, in Carson's description.
(a) Maple
(b) Birch
(c) Pine
(d) Palm

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is plentiful in the streams, providing good fishing spots since early settler times?

3. How long can chemicals remain in the soil to which they are applied?

4. Humankind is producing new ________ in the laboratory, though these used to be limited only to nature's actions.

5. There is a widespread, critical shortage of ____________ across the globe.

(see the answer key)

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