Quiz · The Quiet Collapse of the Insect World

Question 1What is the speaker's main concern in this passage?

The rising cost of farming without chemical sprays The spread of new diseases carried by insects The difficulty of studying insects inside nature reserves The largely unnoticed collapse of insect populations worldwide

Question 2What did the widely cited German study find inside protected nature reserves?

Flying insect biomass fell by more than three quarters within a generation Flying insect numbers doubled over the course of a single generation Bird populations declined faster than the insects they feed upon Chemical spraying continued secretly despite the protected status

Question 3According to the passage, why is this crisis described as insidious?

Because its causes are impossible for scientists to identify Because extinction arrives quietly, as an absence rather than a spectacle Because governments actively hide the data from the public Because the remedies available are extremely expensive to apply