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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Plants growing in contaminated soil may carry the contaminants into their _____________.
(a) DNA
(b) Tissues
(c) Neighbor plants
(d) Chlorophyll

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

3. Studies on the __________ in areas previously sprayed with DDT have confirmed that DDT remains in the birds at least one generation after the spraying.
(a) Eagles
(b) Robins
(c) Buzzards
(d) Hawks

4. The Earth's soil is a ______________ of living creatures, all interdependent.
(a) Bed
(b) City
(c) Community
(d) Nest

5. Without the Earth's ________, there could be no plants.
(a) Soil
(b) Human help
(c) Water
(d) Light

6. _____________ hurts the soil on a virtually permanent basis, according to Carson.
(a) DDT
(b) Corn crops
(c) Arsenic
(d) Wild orange oil

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

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

9. Where was the population of Japanese Beetles effectively controlled?
(a) North
(b) East
(c) West
(d) South

10. If a robin did not die, it often suffered from __________ as a result of being exposed to DDT.
(a) Cancer
(b) Blindness
(c) Deafness
(d) Sterility

11. What is used to pollinate the plants and to pollinate the trees?
(a) Humans
(b) Scientists
(c) Hummingbirds
(d) Bees

12. What becomes more numerous when the bird population goes down?
(a) Tree leaves
(b) Animals
(c) Earthworms
(d) Insects

13. What is contaminated with DDT so that it ends up affecting a human consumer of eggs?
(a) Chicken feed
(b) Farmers
(c) Water
(d) Hay in the barn

14. Because synthetic pesticides are ______, they can easily poison intended and unintended targets.
(a) Dangerous
(b) Widespread
(c) Organic
(d) Lethal

15. Other crops show signs of damage or ______ when planted in contaminated soil.
(a) Better taste
(b) Stunted growth
(c) Death
(d) Unnatural height

Short Answer Questions

1. Radiation used to be limited to that which occurred naturally - in rocks, cosmic rays, and __________.

2. The campaign in the American West to replace _______ with grass is one example of man's arrogant approach to plants.

3. What group of substances includes insecticides and pesticides?

4. __________ are simply plants that are in the wrong place at the wrong time.

5. What are so popular that tourists come to see them every year?

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