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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Every human being now has contact with _________ every moment of his life - even from conception.
(a) Nature
(b) Insects
(c) Pests
(d) Dangerous chemicals

2. What is plentiful in the streams, providing good fishing spots since early settler times?
(a) Trout
(b) Insects
(c) Eels
(d) Guppies

3. Humans __________ plants when an an immediate use is not obvious for a plant.
(a) Eat
(b) Destroy
(c) Test
(d) Move

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

5. What was the source of the contamination in the eagle population?
(a) Fish
(b) Nests
(c) Other birds
(d) Trees

6. Only _________ have gained the ability to reserve the roles and actually change the environment they live in.
(a) Plants
(b) Animals
(c) Insects
(d) Human beings

7. Chemicals can travel down ___________ or in underground aquifers to the bodies of water.
(a) Mountains
(b) Streets
(c) Watersheds
(d) Sewers

8. Who has poisoned the entire environment, according to Carson as she will prove in this book?
(a) Plants
(b) Insects
(c) People
(d) Animals

9. What is the most important earth-dwelling creature, according to Carson?
(a) Millipede
(b) Mole
(c) Earthworm
(d) Mouse

10. What happens to the people in the beginning description which puzzles doctors?
(a) They disappear
(b) They begin to hurt each other
(c) They have green spots on their faces
(d) They become ill

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

12. How long can chemicals remain in the soil to which they are applied?
(a) 12 years
(b) 1 year
(c) 1 month
(d) A few days

13. Wildlife is unlikely to bounce back after _________ that kill large numbers of their kind.
(a) Fires
(b) Temperatures
(c) Sprayings
(d) Weather patterns

14. In many cases, the spraying is killing wildflowers which attract ___________.
(a) Tourists
(b) Water
(c) Animals
(d) Insects

15. The _________ of Wyoming which supported many animal species were unintentionally killed, leading to massive animal death.
(a) Weeds
(b) Trees
(c) Willows
(d) Sagebrush

Short Answer Questions

1. Chemical insecticides and herbicides are challenging because they are _____________.

2. There is a disagreement among scientists about how much _______ can be safely stored in the body.

3. There is a widespread, critical shortage of ____________ across the globe.

4. Throughout earth's history, living things have __________ with their environment but not changed it.

5. For almost every human being on the planet, synthetic pesticides are present in _______ and probably in bodily tissues from the beginning.

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