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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 "Nature Fights Back".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what war time was the spraying of chemicals made more intense and more widespread?
(a) Vietnam
(b) WWI
(c) Civil War
(d) WWII

2. Most people's chemical exposure comes ___________ rather than in mass sprayings.
(a) In large doses
(b) From cars
(c) From food
(d) Day by day

3. The limits the government has established regarding chemical levels in foods are __________.
(a) Meaningless
(b) Low
(c) Effective
(d) Unavailable

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

5. Our __________ carry thousands of years of adaptation and evolution to us.
(a) Skin cells
(b) Brains
(c) Genes
(d) Families

Short Answer Questions

1. Insecticides used against insects that feed on __________ have killed many fish in the South.

2. A chemically weakened environment opens the door to explosive insect ____________.

3. For almost every human being on the planet, synthetic pesticides are present in _______ and probably in bodily tissues from the beginning.

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

5. What was the source of the contamination in the eagle population?

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