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Human Environment Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Process of a region turning into a desert due to poor farming process






2. A negative of this is that is uses up good agricultural land and widens the gap between rich and poor






3. Lake Nassar has buried many wonders of what ancient empire?






4. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






5. A man made dam






6. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification






7. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






8. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






9. Idea of bringing down trees and setting them ablaze to deposit their nutrients in farm ground in the amazon.






10. Nation where land reclamation has allowed the nation to grow by 40%






11. This is done to reduce soil erosion and increase arable land






12. When a person is forced out of a region because of bad circumstances






13. By 1900 - how many rabbits were there in 1900?






14. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






15. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






16. The name of the pipeline that was proposed to go through the US






17. Number of Nigerian oil spills that have not been cleaned up






18. Region where terracing is used in South America






19. _____ Power is an exciting prospect because its renewable and clean - but its waste is radioactive.






20. ______ is harder to mine - harder to process and is harmful to the environment






21. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






22. Australia built one of these to try and stop spread of rabbits.






23. An energy that cannot be renewed and made from decomposed plant matter






24. _________ is dealt with by incineration - buried or recycled






25. Millions of water in Lake Nassar are lost to __________.






26. This dammed off the Nile River






27. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






28. Animal that Australia used to try and control rabbit populations.






29. Once a region has used ________________ it is good for a while but then the land becomes infertile






30. African nation that has oil resources but has mismanaged them






31. Land that is suitable for farming






32. Region that has had a large role in the creation of the Ogallala Aquifer






33. The Aswan High Dam created a lake called....






34. Number of people killed in attacks on Nigerian oil lines






35. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






36. This place was chosen for nuclear testing because it wasn't near shipping lanes.






37. When people move from the rural areas to the city






38. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






39. The main reason for the Pacific Garbage patch is Ocean ________.






40. In 18 months 2 rabbits can create how many baby rabbits?






41. Oil shale is located in many regions - but the one we discussed was in the state of_______.






42. City in Italy that sit on water and uses canals for roads






43. The Aswan High Dam stopped organic matter in water to deposit _______ into the lands of Egypt which served like free fertilizer.






44. What destroyed pastures - stripped land and brought on extinction of native animals?






45. Animal plaguing Australia






46. Group of islands used for nuclear testing in Oceans by the USA






47. The Aswan High Dam increased the arable land of Egypt by ______ percent.






48. The Australian government introduced this into blood of rabbits to control their populations.






49. A man made elevated region for people who live in low lying areas to go in case of flood






50. When a person is pulled into a region because that region has great positives