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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. When people move from the rural areas to the city






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






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






4. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






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






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






7. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






8. Land that is suitable for farming






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






10. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






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






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






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






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






15. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






16. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






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






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






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






20. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






21. A man made dam






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification






40. Region where terracing is used in South America






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






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






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






44. This dammed off the Nile River






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






46. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






47. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






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






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






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