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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. There has been a huge increase in the incidence of ___________ and in our awareness of it in fewer than 200 years.
(a) Pneumonia
(b) Influenza
(c) Virus
(d) Malignancy

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

3. What is the name for chemicals that mix with other pollutants and substances in the water, producing unidentifiable results?
(a) Gunk
(b) Sludge
(c) Muck
(d) Trep

4. What are many chemicals sold in that could result in high chemical exposure if dropped by the consumer?
(a) Plastic
(b) Metal
(c) Glass
(d) Paper

5. Studies on the __________ in areas previously sprayed with DDT have confirmed that DDT remains in the birds at least one generation after the spraying.
(a) Eagles
(b) Hawks
(c) Buzzards
(d) Robins

Short Answer Questions

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

2. ______________ do not kill people or birds, although the US government said they did.

3. What is plentiful in the streams, providing good fishing spots since early settler times?

4. Who was intended to benefit from the removal of sagebrush from the American West?

5. _____________ is not the only source of chemical contamination in the world.

(see the answer key)

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