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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. Our __________ carry thousands of years of adaptation and evolution to us.
(a) Genes
(b) Skin cells
(c) Brains
(d) Families

2. What did the fire any not destroy, even though the US government made claims that it did?
(a) Buildings
(b) Crops
(c) Money
(d) Trees

3. There is evidence that chemicals travel via ____________.
(a) Animals
(b) Groundwater
(c) The air
(d) Crops

4. What was infected with chemicals that led to the death of so many robins?
(a) Nest building material
(b) Air
(c) Earthworms
(d) Water

5. Chemicals that act upon our genes can cause sudden __________, producing new and undesirable changes in subsequent generations.
(a) Mitosis
(b) Impulses
(c) Death
(d) Mutations

Short Answer Questions

1. The town Carson describes is one where townsfolk and farmers and wildlife all live in _____________.

2. In many cases, the spraying is killing wildflowers which attract ___________.

3. Because all foods contain chemicals, even in small doses, the human exposure is enormous in the __________.

4. Without the Earth's ________, there could be no plants.

5. More American children now die from __________ than from any other disease.

(see the answer key)

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