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

2. What happens to the people in the beginning description which puzzles doctors?
(a) They disappear
(b) They have green spots on their faces
(c) They become ill
(d) They begin to hurt each other

3. All of the Earth's watersystems are _____________, so contamination of a part is contamination of the whole.
(a) Connected
(b) At risk
(c) Separate
(d) Dirty

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

5. Not only do chemicals hurt the soil, but they also ____________ the soil for years.
(a) Change
(b) Clean
(c) Help
(d) Remain in

Short Answer Questions

1. This kind of vegetable absorbs huge levels of poisons, which would have harmed humans if they had eaten the produce.

2. The Earth's soil is a ______________ of living creatures, all interdependent.

3. Only _________ have gained the ability to reserve the roles and actually change the environment they live in.

4. Plants growing in contaminated soil may carry the contaminants into their _____________.

5. What is the toxin which is released through nuclear explosion?

(see the answer key)

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