Test your basic knowledge |

Human Environment Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






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






3. Region where terracing is used in South America






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






5. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






13. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






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






15. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






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






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






18. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






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






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






21. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






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






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






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






25. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification






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






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






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






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






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






31. Animal plaguing Australia






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






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






34. Land that is suitable for farming






35. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






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






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






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






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






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






41. A man made dam






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






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






44. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






45. This dammed off the Nile River






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






47. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






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






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






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