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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. Number of people killed in attacks on Nigerian oil lines






2. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






3. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






4. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






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






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






7. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification






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






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






10. A man made dam






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Region where terracing is used in South America






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






21. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. This dammed off the Nile River






30. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






31. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






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






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






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






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






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






37. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






38. Land that is suitable for farming






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Animal plaguing Australia






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






47. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






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






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






50. Person who released the Australian rabbits.