View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the people in the beginning description which puzzles doctors?
(a) They have green spots on their faces
(b) They disappear
(c) They become ill
(d) They begin to hurt each other

2. 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) Boron
(b) Arsenic
(c) Lead
(d) Carbon

3. There is evidence that chemicals travel via ____________.
(a) The air
(b) Crops
(c) Groundwater
(d) Animals

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

5. What is the toxin which is released through nuclear explosion?
(a) Arsenic
(b) Soot
(c) Radiation
(d) Gamma rays

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are numerous in both kind and in sheer quantity according to Carson in the opening of the book?

3. All of the Earth's watersystems are _____________, so contamination of a part is contamination of the whole.

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

5. The majority of the Earth's surface is covered with __________.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 200 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample