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Environmental Science Worksheet

Answer the following questions in at least 100 words. The answers are found in Ch. 1-4 of Environmental Science.

1. What would you include in a brief summary on the history of the environmental movement?

Before 1960, only a handful of people cared about the environment. Then Rachel Carson a marine biologist and conservationist wrote the very influential book "Silent Spring". Her book discussed how the harmful pesticide DDT was to animals and humans. This book led to a radical environmental movement. Many events also helped contribute to the movement. The oil spills on the coast of California and Massachusetts, the highly publicized threat of extinction to many species, and the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio catching...