Aquatic Life
Birds
Pesticides
Rachel Carson
What can you do?
100

What is a fish kill?

what is the death of a large number of fish?

100

What species are affected by water issues?

What are bald eagles and peregrine falcons?

100

What is the name of the main type of harmful pesticide?

What is DDT?

100

What is the title of the book we cited by Rachel Carson?

What is Silent Spring?

100

What is a buffer strip?

What is a piece of land of permanent vegetation that protects soil and water?

200

Which kind of fish accumulates the most amount of pesticides?

What are predatory fish at the top of the food chain?

200

Is the effect of pesticides on birds direct or indirect?

What is indirect?

200

Which aquatic organisms are harmed by DDT?

What are fish and aquatic insects?
200

What are the two other books she wrote?

What are Under the Sea-Wind (1941) and The Sea Around Us (1951)?

200

Other than rivers, what other water supplies should be protected?

What are wells and domestic water supplies?

300

What is bioaccumulation?

What is when an organism consumes pesticides and they accumulate in their systems?

300

What happens to the birds' eggs due to DDT?

What are weakened eggshells?

300

What does DDT stand for?

What is Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane?

300

What is the writing style she was known for?

What is poetic and evocative?

300

Where should pesticide-related fish kills be reported?

What is the Department of Pesticide Regulation?

400

What are the effects of bioaccumulation?

What is population decline and severe health issues?

400

What do birds feed on that causes their contamination?

What are aquatic animals and insects?

400

How does DDT enter water systems?

What is rain runoff from agricultural fields?

400

What department of the US government hired Carson as their first female employee?

What is the Bureau of Fisheries?

400

What can you personally do to help?

Open ended! Best answer wins.

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