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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 "Earth's Green Mantle".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Farms and orchards do NOT include these trees, in Carson's description.
(a) Birch
(b) Maple
(c) Pine
(d) Palm

2. The roadsides are lush with trees, ferns, and ____________.
(a) Birds
(b) Stones
(c) Wildflowers
(d) Soil

3. Throughout earth's history, living things have __________ with their environment but not changed it.
(a) Battled
(b) Tinkered
(c) Interacted
(d) Grown

4. What is not one of the animal species which are bolstered by the inclusion of sagebrush in the West?
(a) Pronghorn antelope
(b) Mule deer
(c) Red tailed hawk
(d) Sage grouse

5. What is the most important earth-dwelling creature, according to Carson?
(a) Mole
(b) Millipede
(c) Mouse
(d) Earthworm

Short Answer Questions

1. The town Carson describes _________ actually exist.

2. Bacteria, fungi, and algae are the smallest organisms of Earth and they live in the ________.

3. What lingers on the rooftops in Carson's description of the demise of the environment?

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

5. ____________ can eliminate only the unwanted plants and give the beneficial plants a chance to thrive.

(see the answer key)

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