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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 "One in Every Four".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the earthworms dine on that infected them with DDT?
(a) Soil
(b) Mulch of elm leaves
(c) Flowers
(d) Bird droppings

2. What can the chemical DDT cause in fish?
(a) Blindness
(b) Depression
(c) Starvation
(d) Color changes

3. What kind of control is actually more effective and less costly than mass spraying?
(a) Non-control
(b) Natural
(c) Rural
(d) Local

4. All of the Earth's watersystems are _____________, so contamination of a part is contamination of the whole.
(a) Connected
(b) Dirty
(c) Separate
(d) At risk

5. What organ works to filter out the chemicals that enter the human body?
(a) Stomach
(b) Liver
(c) Lungs
(d) Gallbladder

Short Answer Questions

1. ______________ do not kill people or birds, although the US government said they did.

2. Carson wonders - How can we as __________ beings continue to allow such rampant and unjustified killings?

3. Without functioning ____________, even our organs are useless.

4. What is the cellular structure that contains enzymes which accomplish the work of energy production?

5. Large-scale, single-crop farming eliminates the _______________ that provided built in control of pests.

(see the answer key)

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