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






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






3. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






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






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






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






7. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






8. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






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






17. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






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






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






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






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






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






23. Land that is suitable for farming






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






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






26. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Animal plaguing Australia






34. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






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






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






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






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






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






40. Region where terracing is used in South America






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






42. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






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






44. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification






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






46. This dammed off the Nile River






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






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






49. A man made dam






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