View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The fish may die some time after spraying as the toxins can be released from ____________.
(a) Water
(b) Fat stores
(c) Rocks
(d) Plants

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

Short Answer Questions

1. There has been a huge increase in the incidence of ___________ and in our awareness of it in fewer than 200 years.

2. All foods, according to Carson, contain some level of such poisonous chemicals as __________.

3. 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?

4. What kind of control is actually more effective and less costly than mass spraying?

5. What do some insects carry that makes their termination so important in today's times?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 200 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample