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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 "Elixirs of Death".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the naturally occurring mineral that is toxic to humans and most creatures but is still used as a pesticide?
(a) Lead
(b) Boron
(c) Arsenic
(d) Carbon

2. Only _________ have gained the ability to reserve the roles and actually change the environment they live in.
(a) Animals
(b) Insects
(c) Human beings
(d) Plants

3. Humankind is producing new ________ in the laboratory, though these used to be limited only to nature's actions.
(a) DNA
(b) Plants
(c) Wastes
(d) Chemicals

4. Because synthetic pesticides are ______, they can easily poison intended and unintended targets.
(a) Dangerous
(b) Lethal
(c) Organic
(d) Widespread

5. Farms and orchards do NOT include these trees, in Carson's description.
(a) Palm
(b) Birch
(c) Pine
(d) Maple

Short Answer Questions

1. Radiation used to be limited to that which occurred naturally - in rocks, cosmic rays, and __________.

2. Large-scale, single-crop farming eliminates the _______________ that provided built in control of pests.

3. Because animals are affected by chemicals, scientists are having a hard time finding uncontaminated animals to serve as _________ in experiments.

4. Plants and animals specifically ________ to live in whatever their environments are.

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

(see the answer key)

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