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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 "Indiscriminately from the Skies".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was infected with chemicals that led to the death of so many robins?
(a) Air
(b) Nest building material
(c) Earthworms
(d) Water

2. Who was intended to benefit from the removal of sagebrush from the American West?
(a) Lizards
(b) Livestock
(c) Other plant species
(d) Birds

3. The majority of the Earth's surface is covered with __________.
(a) Trees
(b) Birds
(c) Land
(d) Water

4. In many cases, the spraying is killing wildflowers which attract ___________.
(a) Water
(b) Animals
(c) Insects
(d) Tourists

5. Chemicals can travel down ___________ or in underground aquifers to the bodies of water.
(a) Watersheds
(b) Streets
(c) Sewers
(d) Mountains

Short Answer Questions

1. ______________ birds have also died as a result of the elm spraying.

2. What is not one of the animal species which are bolstered by the inclusion of sagebrush in the West?

3. Humans hold a narrow view of _________, using them when they are immediately useful only.

4. What did the earthworms dine on that infected them with DDT?

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

(see the answer key)

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