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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the birds provide naturally that made their deaths all the more significant?
(a) Migration patterns
(b) Pest control
(c) Songs
(d) Eggs

3. What group of substances includes insecticides and pesticides?
(a) Toxic chemicals
(b) Organic cleaners
(c) Helpful mixtures
(d) Necessary evils

4. Herbicides can change the _________ of plants, making toxic plants more appealing to animals.
(a) Metabolism
(b) Color
(c) Taste
(d) Appearance

5. The population of Japanese Beetles in sprayed areas is ______________ .
(a) Gone
(b) Unchanged
(c) Larger than ever
(d) Going down

6. What is not produced as a result of not having the pollination process continue?
(a) Stones
(b) Leaves
(c) Fruit
(d) Air

7. This kind of vegetable absorbs huge levels of poisons, which would have harmed humans if they had eaten the produce.
(a) Carrot
(b) Tomato
(c) Peppers
(d) Beans

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

9. Much of the world's water is polluted by ________ from many sources.
(a) Nuclear plants
(b) Animals
(c) Dirt
(d) Waste

10. What was one of the chemicals used in the massive spraying in #78?
(a) Melatonin
(b) Bitter orange
(c) Aldrin
(d) DDT

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

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

13. Because animals are affected by chemicals, scientists are having a hard time finding uncontaminated animals to serve as _________ in experiments.
(a) Subjects
(b) Controls
(c) Helpers
(d) Examples

14. _____________ must discern for themselves who is telling the truth.
(a) Scientists
(b) Researchers
(c) Citizens
(d) Media

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If a robin did not die, it often suffered from __________ as a result of being exposed to DDT.

2. The business of chemical _______ is booming because people approach plant life without thinking about any perspective but their own immediate desires.

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

4. In the modern world, life does not have the luxury of ________.

5. Chemicals can travel down ___________ or in underground aquifers to the bodies of water.

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