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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chemicals that act upon our genes can cause sudden __________, producing new and undesirable changes in subsequent generations.
(a) Mutations
(b) Mitosis
(c) Impulses
(d) Death

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

3. What is the form of energy which is produced at every stage of the mitochondrial process?
(a) ATP
(b) ADP
(c) DNA
(d) ARP

4. Our __________ carry thousands of years of adaptation and evolution to us.
(a) Brains
(b) Genes
(c) Skin cells
(d) Families

5. ______________ is the basic process of life creation for everything from amoebae to humans.
(a) Cell division
(b) Cell mutation
(c) Cell respiration
(d) Cell ligation

6. What are many chemicals sold in that could result in high chemical exposure if dropped by the consumer?
(a) Glass
(b) Paper
(c) Metal
(d) Plastic

7. Because all foods contain chemicals, even in small doses, the human exposure is enormous in the __________.
(a) Restaurants
(b) World
(c) Aggregate
(d) Pantry

8. Our individual bodies have a kind of _______, just as the larger environment does.
(a) Threshold
(b) Resistance
(c) Endurance
(d) Ecology

9. For many thousands of years, ___________ have returned from the Atlantic each year.
(a) Trout
(b) Mackerel
(c) Salmon
(d) Eels

10. More American children now die from __________ than from any other disease.
(a) Sepsis
(b) Pneumonia
(c) Cancer
(d) Influenza

11. Scientists believe that human __________ is unrealistic.
(a) Chemical warfare
(b) Resistance
(c) Control
(d) Change

12. What is also destroyed when the target insects are sprayed by chemicals, damaging and changing the ecosystem?
(a) Humans
(b) Their natural enemies
(c) Trees
(d) Water sources

13. Every cell in the body is involved in the production of ___________.
(a) Energy
(b) New life
(c) Babies
(d) Toxins

14. ____________ alone have the ability to create carcinogens, which cause cancer.
(a) Plants
(b) Insects
(c) Animals
(d) Human beings

15. Without functioning ____________, even our organs are useless.
(a) Blood streams
(b) Lungs
(c) Cells
(d) Brain activity

Short Answer Questions

1. The ___________ is strictly a forest insect, which is why people were outraged when residential areas were sprayed to control it.

2. Most state laws regarding chemical contamination are grossly ___________.

3. What kind of disease can fleas carry and then transmit to humans as a result of a bite?

4. Human life adapts to environment changes ____________.

5. _______________ can be much more effective at controlling budworm.

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