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

2. DDT seems to be able to be stored in the __________ tissues of the body.
(a) Outer
(b) Muscle
(c) Fatty
(d) Lean

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What lingers on the rooftops in Carson's description of the demise of the environment?

3. Toxic substances work to stop the body's natural functions; some of them may cause __________ to begin growing.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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