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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bacteria, fungi, and algae are the smallest organisms of Earth and they live in the ________.
(a) Soil
(b) Air
(c) Water
(d) Stones

2. Carson wonders - How can we as __________ beings continue to allow such rampant and unjustified killings?
(a) Moral
(b) Intelligent
(c) Human
(d) Living

3. Plants and animals specifically ________ to live in whatever their environments are.
(a) Used control
(b) Adapted
(c) Moved
(d) Killed

4. What was not one of the results of the sprayings in Michigan?
(a) House pets were sickened
(b) The widespread death of the intended target
(c) People became ill
(d) Birds died

5. What is not produced as a result of not having the pollination process continue?
(a) Stones
(b) Air
(c) Leaves
(d) Fruit

Short Answer Questions

1. The town Carson describes _________ actually exist.

2. Chemicals can travel down ___________ or in underground aquifers to the bodies of water.

3. What is the most important earth-dwelling creature, according to Carson?

4. __________ are simply plants that are in the wrong place at the wrong time.

5. Not only do chemicals hurt the soil, but they also ____________ the soil for years.

Short Essay Questions

1. What has the environment played an important role in forming, according to this chapter?

2. What happens to the liver when it processes chemicals in the body?

3. What are the smallest organisms on the Earth which live in the soil?

4. What is the 'window' that is referred to in the title of this chapter of the book?

5. Where does radiation tend to occur naturally, as it has for many years before the time of the humans?

6. What happens during the sterilization method of insect control?

7. What are synthetic pesticides now made of, as opposed to the naturally occurring minerals which were once used before the war?

8. Describe the cycle of life between the soil, plants, and the animals.

9. How is the development of chemical resistance within the insect population a strong example of natural selection?

10. What human function is adversely affected by exposure to chemicals and to radiation, disrupting the universal currency of energy?

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