Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson was born in...

• Springfield

• Maryland

• Springdale

• Silver Spring

Rachel Carson grew up on a farm. This meant she could...

• learn about animals and nature.

• learn how to farm.

• learn imporant life skills.

• learn how to plough fields.

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The book that made Rachel famous was..

• Under the Sea Wind.

• The Sea around Us.

• Silent Spring.

Rachel's book Silent Spring is about...

• a quiet spring.

• how harmful DDT is.

• birds dying due to pesticides and the spring being silent without their song.

• birds losing their voices because of the pesticides being sprayed by farmers.

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Select the option that is TRUE.

• Rachel Carson banned pesticides.

• Rachel Carson was a zoo keeper.

• Rachel Carson campaigned for pesticides to be banned because they harmed wildlife.

• Rachel Carson asked for more research to be done about the harm caused by pesticides.

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