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Human Environment Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






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






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






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






5. Animal plaguing Australia






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






7. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






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






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






18. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






19. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






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






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






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






23. A man made dam






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






25. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






26. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification






44. This dammed off the Nile River






45. Region where terracing is used in South America






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






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






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






49. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






50. Land that is suitable for farming