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Human Environment Interaction
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Subject
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Oil shale is located in many regions - but the one we discussed was in the state of_______.
Fossil fuels
Evaporation
North Dakota
Oil Shale
2. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.
Nuclear power plant
Terpen
5
Soviet Union
3. Nation where land reclamation has allowed the nation to grow by 40%
Desertification
Andes Mountains
Holland
Bikini Atoll
4. ______ is harder to mine - harder to process and is harmful to the environment
Slash and burn
Bikini Atoll
Oil Shale
Andes Mountains
5. The main reason for the Pacific Garbage patch is Ocean ________.
Venice
Currents
Thomas Austin
Slash and burn
6. This is done to reduce soil erosion and increase arable land
Evaporation
Desertification
Aswan High Dam
Terracing
7. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch
Pacific
Pull Factor
Rabbits
Nuclear
8. Person who released the Australian rabbits.
Venice
50
Urbanization
Thomas Austin
9. Number of Nigerian oil spills that have not been cleaned up
Oil Shale
4000
Sahel
Evaporation
10. Region that has had a large role in the creation of the Ogallala Aquifer
1849
Terracing
4000
Sandhills
11. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.
Soviet Union
Pacific
Desertification
Andes Mountains
12. When a person is pulled into a region because that region has great positives
Nigeria
Keystone
Pull Factor
Rabbits
13. City in Italy that sit on water and uses canals for roads
Bikini Atoll
Slash and burn
1849
Venice
14. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska
Silt
Sandhills
5
Fox
15. _________ is dealt with by incineration - buried or recycled
5
Dike
Garbage
Fox
16. A man made dam
Dike
Terpen
Currents
Slash and burn
17. The Australian government introduced this into blood of rabbits to control their populations.
Egypt
Infectious disease
Aswan High Dam
Terpen
18. When a person is forced out of a region because of bad circumstances
Push factor
Egypt
Soviet Union
180
19. Lake Nassar has buried many wonders of what ancient empire?
Egypt
Terpen
Nuclear
Lake Nassar
20. Australia built one of these to try and stop spread of rabbits.
1 billion
Nuclear power plant
Soviet Union
2000 mile long fence
21. The Aswan High Dam increased the arable land of Egypt by ______ percent.
Lake Nassar
Nuclear
50
Tourism
22. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification
Egypt
Dike
Sahel
Soviet Union
23. The Aswan High Dam stopped organic matter in water to deposit _______ into the lands of Egypt which served like free fertilizer.
Scandinavia
Silt
Rabbits
Thomas Austin
24. By 1900 - how many rabbits were there in 1900?
Bikini Atoll
1 billion
Polder
Bikini Atoll
25. Idea of bringing down trees and setting them ablaze to deposit their nutrients in farm ground in the amazon.
Aswan High Dam
Slash and burn
Bikini Atoll
Andes Mountains
26. Region where terracing is used in South America
Rabbits
Andes Mountains
Bikini Atoll
Lake Nassar
27. This place was chosen for nuclear testing because it wasn't near shipping lanes.
5
Bikini Atoll
Nuclear power plant
Soviet Union
28. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea
Silt
Polder
180
1 billion
29. This dammed off the Nile River
2000
2000 mile long fence
Aswan High Dam
Fox
30. Animal that Australia used to try and control rabbit populations.
Fox
Garbage
Fossil fuels
Urbanization
31. _____ Power is an exciting prospect because its renewable and clean - but its waste is radioactive.
1 billion
Nuclear
Pacific
Nuclear power plant
32. The Aswan High Dam created a lake called....
Lake Nassar
Slash and burn
Bikini Atoll
5
33. Millions of water in Lake Nassar are lost to __________.
180
5
Slash and burn
Evaporation
34. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?
Polder
1849
Tourism
Scandinavia
35. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.
Aswan High Dam
North Dakota
300
50
36. Group of islands used for nuclear testing in Oceans by the USA
Tourism
Sandhills
300
Bikini Atoll
37. A man made elevated region for people who live in low lying areas to go in case of flood
Rabbits
Terpen
Sandhills
Fossil fuels
38. Number of people killed in attacks on Nigerian oil lines
Polder
4000
5
2000
39. What destroyed pastures - stripped land and brought on extinction of native animals?
Lake Nassar
Rabbits
Pull Factor
2000
40. Land that is suitable for farming
Arable
Keystone
Soviet Union
Urbanization
41. The average person created ___ lbs of waste per day
Fox
Tourism
5
Garbage
42. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe
Lake Nassar
300
Scandinavia
Silt
43. Once a region has used ________________ it is good for a while but then the land becomes infertile
Slash and burn
180
Soviet Union
1 billion
44. Process of a region turning into a desert due to poor farming process
Desertification
Dike
Fox
Bikini Atoll
45. In 18 months 2 rabbits can create how many baby rabbits?
Scandinavia
Nigeria
180
50
46. A positive of this is that it brings in money and jobs to a region
Silt
Bikini Atoll
Urbanization
Tourism
47. When people move from the rural areas to the city
Urbanization
Holland
North Dakota
2000 mile long fence
48. African nation that has oil resources but has mismanaged them
Slash and burn
Nigeria
Polder
Nuclear
49. An energy that cannot be renewed and made from decomposed plant matter
Silt
2000 mile long fence
Fossil fuels
5
50. The name of the pipeline that was proposed to go through the US
North Dakota
Soviet Union
Keystone
Rabbits