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

2. In ___________ in the 1950s, the chemical that appeared in the water had actually been created spontaneously by the interaction of other chemicals present.
(a) Florida
(b) California
(c) Colorado
(d) Maine

3. What is the name for chemicals that mix with other pollutants and substances in the water, producing unidentifiable results?
(a) Sludge
(b) Trep
(c) Muck
(d) Gunk

4. Since the 1940s, more than 200 chemicals have been created for the purpose of _____________.
(a) War
(b) Pharmaceuticals
(c) Pest control
(d) Experimentation

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has poisoned the entire environment, according to Carson as she will prove in this book?

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

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

4. Because animals are affected by chemicals, scientists are having a hard time finding uncontaminated animals to serve as _________ in experiments.

5. Humankind is producing new ________ in the laboratory, though these used to be limited only to nature's actions.

(see the answer key)

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