View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 "One in Every Four".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is plentiful in the streams, providing good fishing spots since early settler times?
(a) Guppies
(b) Insects
(c) Trout
(d) Eels

4. One changed __________ can affect the entire body system.
(a) Organ
(b) Molecule
(c) Plant
(d) Animal

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. The roadsides are lush with trees, ferns, and ____________.

2. What kind of creature plays a vital role as a source for food, as well as being an aerator, a scavenger, and a source of bait?

3. What happens to the people in the beginning description which puzzles doctors?

4. What is not one of the animal species which are bolstered by the inclusion of sagebrush in the West?

5. The population of Japanese Beetles in sprayed areas is ______________ .

(see the answer key)

This section contains 203 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample