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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 a person is pulled into a region because that region has great positives






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






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






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






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






6. Land that is suitable for farming






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






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






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






10. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






11. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






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






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






14. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification






15. Region where terracing is used in South America






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






17. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






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






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






20. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






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






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






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






24. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






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






26. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






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






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






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






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






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






32. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






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






34. This dammed off the Nile River






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






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






37. A man made dam






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






39. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






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






41. Animal plaguing Australia






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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