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






2. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






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






4. A man made dam






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






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






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






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






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






10. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






11. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Land that is suitable for farming






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






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






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






32. Animal plaguing Australia






33. Region where terracing is used in South America






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






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






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






37. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






38. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






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






40. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






41. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






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






43. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






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






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






46. This dammed off the Nile River






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






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






49. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






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