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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. Radiation used to be limited to that which occurred naturally - in rocks, cosmic rays, and __________.
(a) Sunlight
(b) Charcoal
(c) Bombs
(d) Trees

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

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

4. In 1960, in the Klamath/Tule Lake region, agricultural pesticides were collected in the water bodies of a _____________.
(a) Library
(b) Swimming pool
(c) Toilet
(d) Wildlife refuge

5. Who has poisoned the entire environment, according to Carson as she will prove in this book?
(a) People
(b) Animals
(c) Insects
(d) Plants

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The town Carson describes _________ actually exist.

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

4. The town Carson describes is one where townsfolk and farmers and wildlife all live in _____________.

5. Chemical insecticides and herbicides are challenging because they are _____________.

(see the answer key)

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