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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. Spring begins in the United States with the once-familiar ___________.
(a) Temperature changes
(b) Storms
(c) Heavy rains
(d) Birdsong

2. Some substances can interact with each other in unpredictable ways, increasing their _____________.
(a) Safety
(b) Toxicity
(c) Effectiveness
(d) Strength

3. Radiation used to be limited to that which occurred naturally - in rocks, cosmic rays, and __________.
(a) Bombs
(b) Sunlight
(c) Trees
(d) Charcoal

4. DDT is passed long through the ___________ during the course of nearly everyone's life.
(a) Air
(b) Exhaust fumes
(c) Packaged foods
(d) Food chain

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Other crops show signs of damage or ______ when planted in contaminated soil.

2. What did the birds provide naturally that made their deaths all the more significant?

3. The town Carson describes is one where townsfolk and farmers and wildlife all live in _____________.

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

5. Which state has abandoned broad eradication in favor of the control in #117?

(see the answer key)

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