Q1. The general public does not always use the terms ‘hypothesis’ and ‘theory’ in the similar manner that biologists do. Find out an example of how the terms are used by the public and explain how it differs from a biologist’s approach.

Q2. 1: How does carson categorize modern insecticides? What are the differences between the two largest groups?

2: What is potentiation and how does it pose a threat to living organisms?

3: why does carson compare the proliferation of sythetic chemicals pesticides to a “smooth super highway on which we progress with great speed?”

4: explain some specific examples of “biological control: methods that have been attempted

5: why does carson use biologiest carl p swanson’s metaphor of science as a river to explain the science of biological control in america?

6: what responsibility does carson believe scientists have to the public?