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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 "Nature Fights Back".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the large population of sagebrush destroyed in the West?
(a) Physical removal
(b) Sprayings
(c) Suffocation
(d) Burning

2. Many attempts to control ___________ have results in massive fish kills.
(a) Army ants
(b) Fire ants
(c) Brown ants
(d) Spiders

3. Chemicals that act upon our genes can cause sudden __________, producing new and undesirable changes in subsequent generations.
(a) Mitosis
(b) Death
(c) Mutations
(d) Impulses

4. The ____________ systems of all creatures are adversely affected by DDT and other chemicals, so that this drastic disruption of the unversal currency of life affects the capacity of all living things.
(a) Nervous
(b) Circulatory
(c) Muscular
(d) Reproductive

5. Those who enjoy _________ also lose when the fish population goes down.
(a) Surfing
(b) Touring the waterways
(c) Scuba diving
(d) Sport fishing

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Without plants, there could be no _________ of any kind.

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

4. Our individual bodies have a kind of _______, just as the larger environment does.

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

(see the answer key)

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