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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 "The Human Price".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are so popular that tourists come to see them every year?
(a) Waves
(b) Fish population
(c) Migratory birds
(d) Changing leaves

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

3. During what war time was the spraying of chemicals made more intense and more widespread?
(a) WWI
(b) Vietnam
(c) WWII
(d) Civil War

4. ____________ and animals were sprayed directly during the campaign against the gypsy moths.
(a) Building interiors
(b) People
(c) Buildings
(d) Waterways

5. Attempts to control a particular ________ in Clear Lake, California resulted in massive bird death.
(a) Spider
(b) Bird
(c) Gnat
(d) Fish

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes more numerous when the bird population goes down?

2. What is the most important earth-dwelling creature, according to Carson?

3. The spraying of chemicals became more widespread because of new insecticides and a surplus of ___________.

4. The liver can become damaged by the poisons it filters, causing it to become ___________ effective.

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

(see the answer key)

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