Rachel Carson

What was Rachel Carson's job ?

• Secretary and manager

• Teacher

• scientist and writer

What was Rachel's important contribution ?

• She established national parks

• she ran for president

• she shaped the modern environmental movement

What was the year, city, and state where Rachel Carson was born ?

• 1910 In Dayton Ohio

• in 1907 Springdale Pennsylvania

• 1904 Bakersfield California

What did Rachel do that caused her to fall in love with nature ?

• She explored the woods and fields around her family farm

• she traveled around participating in sports

• she visited the library everyday

While Rachel was in college what did she spend her summers doing ?

• Works at the zoo helping animals

• Worked at a veterinary office

• Doing research in marine biology

How did Rachel decide she could best share her vision of the natural world?

• Through her writing

• By working on a research ship

• By establishing a zoo

What is the name of the book that Carson wrote that changed environmental policy and people's understanding of the world around them ?

• The Edge of the Sea

• The Sea Around Us

• Silent Spring

According to Rachel's book what were the toxic chemicals used for that ultimately destroyed the water, air and soil ?

• Gasoline

• refined oil

• insecticides

What was the purpose of the laws that were passed as a result of Carson's book?

• To save for endangered animals

• to ban or control the use of dangerous pesticides

• to protect zoos

What caused Rachel Carson's death in 1964?

• A car crash

• Cancer

• diabetes