Module 11 Quiz Review

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment is also known as the?

• Ecosystem
• Population
• Environment

________________________ is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.

•  Pollution
•  Environment
•  Ecosystem 
•  Global Warming 

Pollution is the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects..

• True
• False

What is having a major impact on provisions of freshwater and biological diversity?

•  Economic Reform
•  World War I 
•  Globalization
•  Tension between modern states 

__________________________ which studies the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate, and the distribution of its water resources. It was founded in 1988 and has thousands of membres from the scientific fields of climatologists, meteorologists, and geographers.

•  Global Warming Organization 
•  Groups Against Global Warming 
• World Meteorological Organization
•  Global Warming Study Group 

What lake is a source of water for Las Vegas and has been dropping because of rising temperatures.

•  Lake Mead 
•  Lake Powell
•  Mirror Lake 
•  Utah Lake 

The inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country, also known as?

• Population
•  Environment 
•  Pollution

The Clean Air Act of 1966 was to outlaw the use of coal.

•  True
• False

What are the three ways humans interact with the Earth on a daily basis?

• Social and Econometric Systems
• Economically
• Cultural
• Climate Change

___________ is the natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by activity

•  Ecosystem 
•  Population 
•  Environment