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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Our chemical attacks on insects have weakened entire ___________.
(a) Cities
(b) Ecosystems
(c) Governments
(d) Countries

2. ____________ provides the best ways to control insects, according to Carson.
(a) Chemical engineering
(b) Man
(c) Nature
(d) Science

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

4. What did farm animals stop doing as a result of the fire any eradication program?
(a) Eating
(b) Stop producing healthy young
(c) Gaining weight
(d) Walking

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

6. _______________ can be much more effective at controlling budworm.
(a) Other chemicals
(b) Natural parasites
(c) Targeted spraying
(d) Organic herbs

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

8. 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

9. The American Cancer Society estimates that ______ out of 3 families will be stricken by cancer.
(a) 2
(b) 0
(c) 3
(d) 1

10. Some substances can interact with each other in unpredictable ways, increasing their _____________.
(a) Strength
(b) Toxicity
(c) Effectiveness
(d) Safety

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

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

13. Most state laws regarding chemical contamination are grossly ___________.
(a) Overmeasured
(b) Enforced
(c) Inadequate
(d) Out numbered

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the chemical DDT cause in fish?

2. ____________ alone have the ability to create carcinogens, which cause cancer.

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

4. Individual sensitivity to the various toxic substances is extremely ___________.

5. What did the fire any not destroy, even though the US government made claims that it did?

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