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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. Large-scale, single-crop farming eliminates the _______________ that provided built in control of pests.
(a) Regulation
(b) Biodiversity
(c) Chemicals
(d) Possibility

2. Plants growing in contaminated soil may carry the contaminants into their _____________.
(a) DNA
(b) Chlorophyll
(c) Tissues
(d) Neighbor plants

3. Every human being now has contact with _________ every moment of his life - even from conception.
(a) Nature
(b) Insects
(c) Dangerous chemicals
(d) Pests

4. Much of the world's water is polluted by ________ from many sources.
(a) Nuclear plants
(b) Dirt
(c) Waste
(d) Animals

5. ____________ can eliminate only the unwanted plants and give the beneficial plants a chance to thrive.
(a) Selective spraying
(b) Dangerous chemicals
(c) Herbicides
(d) Targeted extermination

Short Answer Questions

1. What lingers on the rooftops in Carson's description of the demise of the environment?

2. What happens to the people in the beginning description which puzzles doctors?

3. What are so popular that tourists come to see them every year?

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

5. The organic ____________ insecticides like Malathion and parathion are in wide use in 1962, when the book was written.

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