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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. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






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






3. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification






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






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






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






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






8. Animal plaguing Australia






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






10. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






11. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Region where terracing is used in South America






22. The average person created ___ lbs of waste per day






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






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






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






26. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






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






28. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






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






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






31. This dammed off the Nile River






32. Process of a region turning into a desert due to poor farming process






33. A man made dam






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






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






36. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






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






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






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






40. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






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






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






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






44. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






45. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






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






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






48. A positive of this is that it brings in money and jobs to a region






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






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