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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the chemical that changes form once it enters the environment, becoming another more deadly chemical?
(a) HCl
(b) Bromide
(c) Heptachlor
(d) DDT

2. What kind of creature plays a vital role as a source for food, as well as being an aerator, a scavenger, and a source of bait?
(a) Round worm
(b) Earth worm
(c) Fiddler crab
(d) Smelt

3. ______________ is the basic process of life creation for everything from amoebae to humans.
(a) Cell ligation
(b) Cell mutation
(c) Cell respiration
(d) Cell division

4. Those who enjoy _________ also lose when the fish population goes down.
(a) Touring the waterways
(b) Surfing
(c) Scuba diving
(d) Sport fishing

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

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

7. ____________ alone have the ability to create carcinogens, which cause cancer.
(a) Human beings
(b) Animals
(c) Insects
(d) Plants

8. The __________ system is susceptible to damage by toxins like chlorinated hydrocarbons and organic phosphates.
(a) Renal
(b) Muscular
(c) Circulatory
(d) Nervous

9. The ____________ systems of all creatures are adversely affected by DDT and other chemicals, so that this drastic disruption of the unversal currency of life affects the capacity of all living things.
(a) Circulatory
(b) Nervous
(c) Reproductive
(d) Muscular

10. What organ works to filter out the chemicals that enter the human body?
(a) Gallbladder
(b) Lungs
(c) Stomach
(d) Liver

11. What is the form of energy which is produced at every stage of the mitochondrial process?
(a) ATP
(b) ADP
(c) DNA
(d) ARP

12. The ___________ is strictly a forest insect, which is why people were outraged when residential areas were sprayed to control it.
(a) Fire ant
(b) Tick
(c) Dutch Elm
(d) Gypsy moth

13. _____________ is not the only source of chemical contamination in the world.
(a) Acid rain
(b) Nuclear power
(c) Mass spraying
(d) Trash

14. Because all foods contain chemicals, even in small doses, the human exposure is enormous in the __________.
(a) Restaurants
(b) Pantry
(c) Aggregate
(d) World

15. Human life adapts to environment changes ____________.
(a) Extremely slowly
(b) Quickly
(c) When it takes action
(d) Once in a while

Short Answer Questions

1. Some substances can interact with each other in unpredictable ways, increasing their _____________.

2. What is the cellular structure that contains enzymes which accomplish the work of energy production?

3. What aisle does Carson think is presented as innocuously as the pickle or laundry detergent aisle?

4. A chemically weakened environment opens the door to explosive insect ____________.

5. Which state has abandoned broad eradication in favor of the control in #117?

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