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

2. The roadsides are lush with trees, ferns, and ____________.
(a) Birds
(b) Wildflowers
(c) Soil
(d) Stones

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

4. The Earth itself is ________ only as long as the creatures within it are.
(a) Useful
(b) Clean
(c) Healthy
(d) Promising

5. How was the large population of sagebrush destroyed in the West?
(a) Burning
(b) Physical removal
(c) Sprayings
(d) Suffocation

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. ____________ can eliminate only the unwanted plants and give the beneficial plants a chance to thrive.

4. Only _________ have gained the ability to reserve the roles and actually change the environment they live in.

5. _____________ hurts the soil on a virtually permanent basis, according to Carson.

(see the answer key)

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