What are endangered species? Name one endangered species and include a fact about that species.

Why is the book called Silent Spring?

Which of the following is true about attempts to control the Japanese beetle population?

Discuss why spraying elm trees to “protect” them actually ended up hurting them.

Do you agree that the project of controlling nature is arrogant, foolish, and dangerous as Carson argues? Why or why not?

Which of the following plants ended up being killed when the Forest Service sprayed ten thousand acres of sagebrush in response to pressure from cattlemen?

Explain how DDT passes through a food chain.

Pesticides can be incredibly persistent, meaning that they can remain in ecosystems for years later

Which of the following is true about the Sheldon, IL, pest control program?

Compare the 1959 parathion assault in the river bottomlands of Southern Indiana to the current suburbia assault on residential lawns.