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






2. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






3. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






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






5. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






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






7. This dammed off the Nile River






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






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






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






11. Land that is suitable for farming






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






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






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






15. A man made dam






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






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






25. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






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






27. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






28. Region where terracing is used in South America






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






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






31. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






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






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






34. Animal plaguing Australia






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






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






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






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






48. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






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






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






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