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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the widespread Canadian spraying program designed to control the population of?
(a) Pond spiders
(b) Salmon
(c) Bacteria levels in the water
(d) Spruce budworm

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

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

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

5. How long is the typical human generation?
(a) 83 years
(b) 45 years
(c) 68 years
(d) 33 years

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the form of energy which is produced at every stage of the mitochondrial process?

4. Many attempts to control ___________ have results in massive fish kills.

5. Most people's chemical exposure comes ___________ rather than in mass sprayings.

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