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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 "The Other Road".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________ have been used very successfully to protect reforested areas in the application of forest hygiene.
(a) Red ants
(b) Slugs
(c) Mosquitoes
(d) Gnats

2. ___________ health problems used to be caused by diseases like smallpox, cholera, and the plague.
(a) Upper class
(b) Public
(c) Rural
(d) Poverty

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

4. Chemical insecticides and herbicides are challenging because they are _____________.
(a) Ignored
(b) Hidden from view
(c) Difficult to detect
(d) Sometimes safe

5. __________________ is the basis of all life function.
(a) Photosynthesis
(b) Cellular oxidation
(c) ATP production
(d) Adenosine

Short Answer Questions

1. There has been a huge increase in the incidence of ___________ and in our awareness of it in fewer than 200 years.

2. _____________ is not the only source of chemical contamination in the world.

3. What organ works to filter out the chemicals that enter the human body?

4. Without plants, there could be no _________ of any kind.

5. What is not usable for drinking, irrigation, or industry?

(see the answer key)

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