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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chemicals that act upon our genes can cause sudden __________, producing new and undesirable changes in subsequent generations.
(a) Impulses
(b) Death
(c) Mutations
(d) Mitosis

2. What does the narrow window reveal when seen from far away?
(a) Death
(b) Blue skies
(c) Nothing
(d) Sliver of light

3. Fire ants' mounds actually serve to ________ the soil, which is a good thing.
(a) Protect
(b) Preserve
(c) Aerate
(d) Water

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

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

6. One changed __________ can affect the entire body system.
(a) Plant
(b) Animal
(c) Organ
(d) Molecule

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

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

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

10. Where do the fish go from #97 do in order to spawn and to perpetuate their kind?
(a) Ponds
(b) Up the rivers
(c) Into the ocean
(d) Into dens

11. The temporary elimination of some ___________ will continue to result in horrific and permanent physical trauma.
(a) Animals
(b) Insects
(c) Plants
(d) Humans

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

13. Insecticides used against insects that feed on __________ have killed many fish in the South.
(a) Tobacco
(b) Corn
(c) Cotton
(d) Grain

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During what war time was the spraying of chemicals made more intense and more widespread?

2. The limits the government has established regarding chemical levels in foods are __________.

3. What is also destroyed when the target insects are sprayed by chemicals, damaging and changing the ecosystem?

4. ______________ is the basic process of life creation for everything from amoebae to humans.

5. 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?

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