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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ____________ is also contaminated because washing does not remove chemicals, nor does cooking.
(a) Meat
(b) Cheese
(c) Packaged beans
(d) Produce

2. _______________ has been largely controlled through improved living conditions and sanitation.
(a) Infectious disease
(b) Population
(c) Cancer
(d) Chemical exposure

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

4. For many thousands of years, ___________ have returned from the Atlantic each year.
(a) Trout
(b) Eels
(c) Mackerel
(d) Salmon

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

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

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

8. Our __________ carry thousands of years of adaptation and evolution to us.
(a) Skin cells
(b) Families
(c) Brains
(d) Genes

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

10. What are many chemicals sold in that could result in high chemical exposure if dropped by the consumer?
(a) Glass
(b) Metal
(c) Plastic
(d) Paper

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

12. It may be impossible to tell what is __________ and what is effect because there may be years between the two.
(a) Truth
(b) Cause
(c) Harmful
(d) Toxic

13. The liver can become damaged by the poisons it filters, causing it to become ___________ effective.
(a) Much more
(b) Less
(c) Generally
(d) More

14. What kind of disease can fleas carry and then transmit to humans as a result of a bite?
(a) Malaria
(b) Yellow fever
(c) Plague
(d) Typhus

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Insecticides used against insects that feed on __________ have killed many fish in the South.

2. The temporary elimination of some ___________ will continue to result in horrific and permanent physical trauma.

3. ____________ provides the best ways to control insects, according to Carson.

4. How long is the typical human generation?

5. What is not one of the now chemically resistant insects in the United States?

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