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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. The ___________ is strictly a forest insect, which is why people were outraged when residential areas were sprayed to control it.
(a) Tick
(b) Gypsy moth
(c) Dutch Elm
(d) Fire ant

2. Spraying for the ________ began in the 1950s and resulted in the death of robins.
(a) Gypsy moth
(b) Fire ants
(c) French beetles
(d) Dutch Elm Disease

3. Insects are controlled by limitations on the amount of _________ available to them, a fact often overlooked by humans.
(a) Disease
(b) Mates
(c) Air
(d) Food

4. Without functioning ____________, even our organs are useless.
(a) Cells
(b) Brain activity
(c) Lungs
(d) Blood streams

5. What was not one of the results of the sprayings in Michigan?
(a) Birds died
(b) The widespread death of the intended target
(c) House pets were sickened
(d) People became ill

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was the large population of sagebrush destroyed in the West?

3. The narrow ___________ is the tiniest structure in the human body.

4. The smallest _______ reveals a whole universe of relationships within the body

5. More American children now die from __________ than from any other disease.

(see the answer key)

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