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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 "Surface Waters and Underground Seas".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The roadsides are lush with trees, ferns, and ____________.
(a) Wildflowers
(b) Soil
(c) Birds
(d) Stones

2. There is a disagreement among scientists about how much _______ can be safely stored in the body.
(a) Arsenic
(b) DDT
(c) Water
(d) Fat

3. All of the Earth's watersystems are _____________, so contamination of a part is contamination of the whole.
(a) Connected
(b) At risk
(c) Separate
(d) Dirty

4. The organic ____________ insecticides like Malathion and parathion are in wide use in 1962, when the book was written.
(a) Phosphorus
(b) Boron
(c) Carbon
(d) Arsenic

5. What is not usable for drinking, irrigation, or industry?
(a) Frozen water
(b) Stream water
(c) Seawater
(d) Lake water

Short Answer Questions

1. Every human being now has contact with _________ every moment of his life - even from conception.

2. What is used to pollinate the plants and to pollinate the trees?

3. What is the toxin which is released through nuclear explosion?

4. The title of this chapter comes from Jean Rostand: "The obligation to endure gives us the right to ___________."

5. Farms and orchards do NOT include these trees, in Carson's description.

(see the answer key)

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