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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. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






2. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






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






4. Land that is suitable for farming






5. This dammed off the Nile River






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






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






8. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






16. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






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






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






19. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






20. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






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






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






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






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






25. Region where terracing is used in South America






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






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






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






29. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






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






31. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






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






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






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






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






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






45. Animal plaguing Australia






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






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






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






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






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