WorksheetsRachel Carson
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Rachel Carsons Profession?
a)
Aquatic Biologist
b)
Chemist
c)
Physicist
d)
Zoologist
2.
What book did she publish in 1962?
a)
Windy Fall
b)
Loud Waves
c)
Silent Spring
d)
Under the Sea Wind
3.
True or False. This book caused people to think about pesticides in the environment
a)
True
b)
False
4.
What were Rachel Carson’s two loves
a)
Taking nap in nature
b)
Writing and Reading
c)
Writing and Nature
d)
Eating and Watching Netflix
5.
Rachel Carson earned master’s degree in what
a)
Zoology
b)
Microbiology
c)
Chemistry
d)
Marine Biologist
6.
After she graduated. Rachel Carson wrote...?
a)
Silent Spring
b)
Under the sea wind
c)
A book
d)
Science Articles for a newspaper
7.
Why was it unusual when Rachel got promoted to become a junior aquatic biologist with the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries?
a)
Few women Scientist worked for the government.
b)
She did not have time.
c)
She was currently writing a book.
8.
True or False. Rachel's first two books were, 'Under the Sea Wind,' and 'The Sea Around Us'
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Rachel Carson took a stand and spoke out about the use of____?
a)
Littering
b)
Pollution
c)
Chemical Pesticides
d)
Recycling
10.
The dangerous pesticide that was used to kill mosquitoes but ended up killing many birds was called _____?
a)
ABT
b)
DDT
c)
CCT
d)
DDC
11.
True or False. Most magazines didn’t want to publish articles about dangerous pesticides because it was too Controversial.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
True or False. Farmers hated DDT
a)
True
b)
False
13.
What did Silent Spring say would happen if people continued to use man-made pesticides?
a)
Man- made pesticides would poison the planet.
b)
Man- made pesticides would increase farming
c)
Man- made pesticides would kill the livestock
14.
Who set up a committee in 1963 to study environmental hazards?
a)
President John Kennedy
b)
President Theodore Rosevelt
c)
President Ronald Regan
d)
President Abraham Lincoln
15.
In what year did Rachel Carson die?
a)
2017
b)
1922
c)
1964
d)
1876
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