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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. DDT seems to be able to be stored in the __________ tissues of the body.

3. What is contaminated with DDT so that it ends up affecting a human consumer of eggs?

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

5. There is evidence that chemicals travel via ____________.

(see the answer key)

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