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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. The roadsides are lush with trees, ferns, and ____________.
(a) Stones
(b) Soil
(c) Birds
(d) Wildflowers

2. What is used to pollinate the plants and to pollinate the trees?
(a) Hummingbirds
(b) Humans
(c) Scientists
(d) Bees

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

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

5. What are numerous in both kind and in sheer quantity according to Carson in the opening of the book?
(a) Birds
(b) Cats
(c) Pebbles
(d) Lakes

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is not usable for drinking, irrigation, or industry?

3. This kind of vegetable absorbs huge levels of poisons, which would have harmed humans if they had eaten the produce.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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