Chapter 3 Self Quiz: Information Literacy

  1. Fat-soluble chemicals such as DDT becomes increasingly concentrated in animals higher on the food chain in a process called
    1. bioaccumulation (wrong)
    2. biomagnification (correct)
    3. biodegradation (wrong)
    4. biocondensation (wrong)
    5. biodehydration (wrong)
      Hint
  2. DDT is a(n)
    1. insecticide (correct)
    2. herbicide (wrong)
    3. hormone (wrong)
    4. food additive (wrong)
    5. plastic (wrong)
      Hint
  3. BPA is a(n)
    1. heavy metal poison (wrong)
    2. estrogen mimic (correct)
    3. UV blocker (wrong)
    4. ozone destroyer (wrong)
    5. greenhouse gas (wrong)
      Hint
  4. What kind of experiments involve whole, living organisms?
    1. abiotic (wrong)
    2. inorganic (wrong)
    3. in-grain (wrong)
    4. in-vivo (correct)
    5. in-vitro (wrong)
      Hint
  5. A(n) ________ study involves interviewing subjects to find correlations between disease and chemicals.
    1. epidemiological (correct)
    2. experimental (wrong)
    3. clinical (wrong)
    4. in-vitro (wrong)
    5. in-vivo (wrong)
      Hint