General
Author of Silent Spring
Who is Rachel Carson?
A chemical intended to kill insects and other organisms that damage crops
What is a Pesticide?
Mammal population that declined due to the use of pesticides
what is Bird population?
What biological method does Carson recommend for dealing with nematodes?
What is Planting marigolds with the roses?
The author of the book, informs the reader about the dangerous of pesticides
Who is Rachel Carson?
How is DDT consumed by humans?
What is By eating the plants and animals that were sprayed?
The harmful pesticide Silent Spring was written about and later banned by the U.S. Government
What is DDT?
The two main factors for tourist attractions
What is Fishing and Bird Life?
The numbers of chemicals humans and animals were expected to adjust to every year
What is 500?
The discoverer of DDT, a Swiss chemist who won a Nobel Prize in 1948
Who is Paul Müller?
Decade Silent Spring was Published
What is 1960s?
The word "maladies" is another word for?
What is Disease or Illness?
Why was it necessary to find and use more toxic chemicals?
What is Insects evolved and became harder to kill?
Why were sagebrush lands being cleared/removed?
What is Substituted for grasslands/ grazing land for cattle?
In 1888, this entomologist brought vedalia beetles from Australia to California to fight off crop pests.
Who is Albert Koebele?
What was weird about the town mentioned in chapter 1?
What is The town was not real?
Chemicals that kill insects, wildlife, and affect the entire environment
What is Biocides?
In chapter 7, the insecticide Aldrin is mentioned. What insect was being targeted?
What is a Japanese Beetle?
What method was used to eliminate the screw worm in Florida
What is Insect sterilization?
This Doctor from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service established the fact that DDT can affect reproduction from quali and pheasant populations
Who is James DeWitt?
The year Rachel Carson died
What is 1964?
Increase in the strength of a substance. In terms of pesticides, it means an increase in toxicity over time.
What is Potentiation?
According to Carson, what percentage of earth's creatures are insects?
what is 70 to 80%
What is the difference between pre WWII chemicals and post chemicals?
Pre-World War II chemicals were inorganic. Post WWII chemicals are synthetic.
This man classified DDT as a “chemical carcinogen.” He is a Doctor at the National Cancer Institute.
Who is Dr. W. C. Hueper?