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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 "Earth's Green Mantle".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is contaminated with DDT so that it ends up affecting a human consumer of eggs?
(a) Hay in the barn
(b) Chicken feed
(c) Farmers
(d) Water

2. _____________ hurts the soil on a virtually permanent basis, according to Carson.
(a) Corn crops
(b) Wild orange oil
(c) DDT
(d) Arsenic

3. What is the most important earth-dwelling creature, according to Carson?
(a) Mole
(b) Mouse
(c) Millipede
(d) Earthworm

4. Plants and animals specifically ________ to live in whatever their environments are.
(a) Adapted
(b) Killed
(c) Moved
(d) Used control

5. Farms and orchards do NOT include these trees, in Carson's description.
(a) Palm
(b) Birch
(c) Pine
(d) Maple

Short Answer Questions

1. This kind of vegetable absorbs huge levels of poisons, which would have harmed humans if they had eaten the produce.

2. Every human being now has contact with _________ every moment of his life - even from conception.

3. The _________ of Wyoming which supported many animal species were unintentionally killed, leading to massive animal death.

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

5. Because synthetic pesticides are ______, they can easily poison intended and unintended targets.

(see the answer key)

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