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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The limits the government has established regarding chemical levels in foods are __________.
(a) Effective
(b) Low
(c) Meaningless
(d) Unavailable

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

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

4. The spraying of chemicals became more widespread because of new insecticides and a surplus of ___________.
(a) Airplanes
(b) Money
(c) POWs
(d) Workers

5. ___________ health problems used to be caused by diseases like smallpox, cholera, and the plague.
(a) Rural
(b) Public
(c) Upper class
(d) Poverty

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

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

8. What kind of control is actually more effective and less costly than mass spraying?
(a) Natural
(b) Non-control
(c) Local
(d) Rural

9. Our chemical attacks on insects have weakened entire ___________.
(a) Ecosystems
(b) Cities
(c) Governments
(d) Countries

10. __________________ is the basis of all life function.
(a) ATP production
(b) Adenosine
(c) Photosynthesis
(d) Cellular oxidation

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

12. The __________ system is susceptible to damage by toxins like chlorinated hydrocarbons and organic phosphates.
(a) Muscular
(b) Circulatory
(c) Nervous
(d) Renal

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

14. Where do the fish go from #97 do in order to spawn and to perpetuate their kind?
(a) Ponds
(b) Into dens
(c) Into the ocean
(d) Up the rivers

15. What is the cellular structure that contains enzymes which accomplish the work of energy production?
(a) Mitochondria
(b) Vesicles
(c) Lysosomes
(d) Golgi Complex

Short Answer Questions

1. A chemically weakened environment opens the door to explosive insect ____________.

2. ________ are genetically adapting to the chemicals we use to control them.

3. ______ ponds are particularly susceptible to poisoning because of their proximity to chemically treated fields.

4. How long is the typical human generation?

5. Fire ants' mounds actually serve to ________ the soil, which is a good thing.

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