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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 "The Human Price".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The long term effects of chemical exposure, per Carson, are easy to ignore as long as they are ___________.
(a) Regulated
(b) Widespread
(c) Far away
(d) Invisible

2. How long can chemicals remain in the soil to which they are applied?
(a) 1 month
(b) 1 year
(c) A few days
(d) 12 years

3. If a robin did not die, it often suffered from __________ as a result of being exposed to DDT.
(a) Cancer
(b) Deafness
(c) Sterility
(d) Blindness

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

5. Who has poisoned the entire environment, according to Carson as she will prove in this book?
(a) People
(b) Insects
(c) Plants
(d) Animals

Short Answer Questions

1. Foods derived from and containing __________ contain the largest amounts of chemicals.

2. Chemical insecticides and herbicides are challenging because they are _____________.

3. The liver can become damaged by the poisons it filters, causing it to become ___________ effective.

4. All of the Earth's watersystems are _____________, so contamination of a part is contamination of the whole.

5. What is not produced as a result of not having the pollination process continue?

(see the answer key)

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