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

2. Because animals are affected by chemicals, scientists are having a hard time finding uncontaminated animals to serve as _________ in experiments.
(a) Examples
(b) Controls
(c) Subjects
(d) Helpers

3. What is the most important earth-dwelling creature, according to Carson?
(a) Mouse
(b) Mole
(c) Earthworm
(d) Millipede

4. What is the toxin which is released through nuclear explosion?
(a) Gamma rays
(b) Radiation
(c) Soot
(d) Arsenic

5. What happens to the people in the beginning description which puzzles doctors?
(a) They become ill
(b) They disappear
(c) They have green spots on their faces
(d) They begin to hurt each other

Short Answer Questions

1. In ___________ in the 1950s, the chemical that appeared in the water had actually been created spontaneously by the interaction of other chemicals present.

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

3. Who has poisoned the entire environment, according to Carson as she will prove in this book?

4. Chemical insecticides and herbicides are challenging because they are _____________.

5. Since the 1940s, more than 200 chemicals have been created for the purpose of _____________.

(see the answer key)

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