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. In the modern world, life does not have the luxury of ________.
(a) Time
(b) Research
(c) Control
(d) Money

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

3. What are so popular that tourists come to see them every year?
(a) Fish population
(b) Migratory birds
(c) Waves
(d) Changing leaves

4. What is used to pollinate the plants and to pollinate the trees?
(a) Bees
(b) Hummingbirds
(c) Humans
(d) Scientists

5. Attempts to control a particular ________ in Clear Lake, California resulted in massive bird death.
(a) Spider
(b) Gnat
(c) Bird
(d) Fish

Short Answer Questions

1. The town Carson describes _________ actually exist.

2. There is a disagreement among scientists about how much _______ can be safely stored in the body.

3. The roadsides are lush with trees, ferns, and ____________.

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 170 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample