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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Scientists believe that human __________ is unrealistic.
(a) Chemical warfare
(b) Change
(c) Control
(d) Resistance

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

4. Radiation and arsenic are naturally occurring substances that cause _________.
(a) Cancer
(b) Fatigue
(c) Protection
(d) Fertilization

5. What was the widespread Canadian spraying program designed to control the population of?
(a) Spruce budworm
(b) Salmon
(c) Bacteria levels in the water
(d) Pond spiders

6. The spraying of chemicals became more widespread because of new insecticides and a surplus of ___________.
(a) Workers
(b) POWs
(c) Money
(d) Airplanes

7. Every cell in the body is involved in the production of ___________.
(a) Toxins
(b) New life
(c) Energy
(d) Babies

8. Chemical residues in _______ are another source of gradual buildup of chemicals in the body.
(a) Paper
(b) Food
(c) Water
(d) Cosmetics

9. There has been a huge increase in the incidence of ___________ and in our awareness of it in fewer than 200 years.
(a) Influenza
(b) Pneumonia
(c) Malignancy
(d) Virus

10. ________ are genetically adapting to the chemicals we use to control them.
(a) DNA
(b) Mosquitoes
(c) Plants
(d) Insects

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

12. ______________ do not kill people or birds, although the US government said they did.
(a) Ladybugs
(b) Gypsy moths
(c) Eagles
(d) Fire ants

13. Our individual bodies have a kind of _______, just as the larger environment does.
(a) Threshold
(b) Ecology
(c) Resistance
(d) Endurance

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

15. What posed no threat, only a minor annoyance, yet was still the target of a massive spraying campaign?
(a) Fire ant
(b) Mosquito
(c) Ladybug
(d) Gypsy moth

Short Answer Questions

1. More American children now die from __________ than from any other disease.

2. It may be impossible to tell what is __________ and what is effect because there may be years between the two.

3. The liver can become damaged by the poisons it filters, causing it to become ___________ effective.

4. Those who enjoy _________ also lose when the fish population goes down.

5. ___________ health problems used to be caused by diseases like smallpox, cholera, and the plague.

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