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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 "And No Birds Sing".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Large areas of Michigan were sprayed in 1959 in order to try to control what insect?
(a) Japanese beetle
(b) Locusts
(c) Chinese ladybug
(d) Fireflies

3. Other crops show signs of damage or ______ when planted in contaminated soil.
(a) Unnatural height
(b) Stunted growth
(c) Better taste
(d) Death

4. What is not one of the animal species which are bolstered by the inclusion of sagebrush in the West?
(a) Red tailed hawk
(b) Pronghorn antelope
(c) Sage grouse
(d) Mule deer

5. Spraying for the ________ began in the 1950s and resulted in the death of robins.
(a) Dutch Elm Disease
(b) Fire ants
(c) Gypsy moth
(d) French beetles

Short Answer Questions

1. Wildlife is unlikely to bounce back after _________ that kill large numbers of their kind.

2. Bacteria, fungi, and algae are the smallest organisms of Earth and they live in the ________.

3. ______________ birds have also died as a result of the elm spraying.

4. What was applied to a large area of Illinois over an 8 year period in order to try to control the Japanese Beetle?

5. The population of Japanese Beetles in sprayed areas is ______________ .

(see the answer key)

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