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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 "Surface Waters and Underground Seas".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Since the 1940s, more than 200 chemicals have been created for the purpose of _____________.
(a) Pharmaceuticals
(b) War
(c) Pest control
(d) Experimentation

2. In 1960, in the Klamath/Tule Lake region, agricultural pesticides were collected in the water bodies of a _____________.
(a) Toilet
(b) Library
(c) Swimming pool
(d) Wildlife refuge

3. There is a widespread, critical shortage of ____________ across the globe.
(a) Water treatment
(b) Rain
(c) Fresh water
(d) Filters

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

5. In ___________ in the 1950s, the chemical that appeared in the water had actually been created spontaneously by the interaction of other chemicals present.
(a) California
(b) Florida
(c) Colorado
(d) Maine

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name for chemicals that mix with other pollutants and substances in the water, producing unidentifiable results?

2. What is contaminated with DDT so that it ends up affecting a human consumer of eggs?

3. There is a disagreement among scientists about how much _______ can be safely stored in the body.

4. The town Carson describes _________ actually exist.

5. What are numerous in both kind and in sheer quantity according to Carson in the opening of the book?

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