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






2. Region where terracing is used in South America






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






4. Animal plaguing Australia






5. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






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






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






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






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






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






11. Land that is suitable for farming






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






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






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






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






16. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification






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






18. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






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






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






21. A man made dam






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






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






24. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






25. This dammed off the Nile River






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






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






28. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






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






30. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






31. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






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






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






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






43. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






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






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






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






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






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






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






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