Question

One of the most important characteristics of a pesticide is how long it will stay deadly in the environment, a characteristic called ____.

a. history
b. persistence
c. usefulness
d. impact
e. lethal dose

Answer 1

The answer is letter b, persistence. This characteristic is often describe as a way of how long it will be useful, just like how long will the pesticides could be useful in killing the things that it is useful for in which is in consistent with the given statement above.