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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. _______________ can be much more effective at controlling budworm.

4. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The public health problem that comes along with pollution is one of the fears of those in the environmental movement. If things can not be controlled, disaster might strike.

Part 1: Why have the old public health problems of disease become less of an issue today?

Part 2: What are the new public health crises?

Part 3: Why is it so important to public health to control pollution and chemical exposure now?

Essay Topic 2

Carson attempts to explain that humanity's ever growing need to control the world is actually what is damaging it the most.

Part 1: What are some ways in which humanity attempts to control the natural world?

Part 2: What are the aftereffects of these methods of control?

Part 3: How can controls be altered so that they are not harmful in their applications?

Essay Topic 3

In the chapter, "Rivers of Death," the plight of the salmon is described in detail.

Part 1: What is the problem with the salmon as described by Carson?

Part 2: How might this problem have affected the surrounding areas?

Part 3: Why can't the fish population help itself? What are some of the ways in which they are going to have a lot of troubles rebounding from this decimation?

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