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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. ________________ are affected because poisoned fish are not a source of food to sell.
(a) Restaurants
(b) Grocery stores
(c) Commercial fisheries
(d) Sushi bars

2. Wildlife is unlikely to bounce back after _________ that kill large numbers of their kind.
(a) Weather patterns
(b) Fires
(c) Sprayings
(d) Temperatures

3. Attempts to control a particular ________ in Clear Lake, California resulted in massive bird death.
(a) Spider
(b) Fish
(c) Bird
(d) Gnat

4. What kind of creature plays a vital role as a source for food, as well as being an aerator, a scavenger, and a source of bait?
(a) Smelt
(b) Earth worm
(c) Round worm
(d) Fiddler crab

5. What group of substances includes insecticides and pesticides?
(a) Organic cleaners
(b) Necessary evils
(c) Helpful mixtures
(d) Toxic chemicals

Short Answer Questions

1. What are so popular that tourists come to see them every year?

2. DDT is passed long through the ___________ during the course of nearly everyone's life.

3. What can the chemical DDT cause in fish?

4. The town Carson describes is one where townsfolk and farmers and wildlife all live in _____________.

5. Continued use of pesticides could very well damage soil ___________.

(see the answer key)

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