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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. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






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






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






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






5. Region where terracing is used in South America






6. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






7. A man made dam






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






9. Land that is suitable for farming






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






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






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






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






14. Animal plaguing Australia






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






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






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






18. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






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






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






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






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






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






24. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






34. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification






35. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






36. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






37. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






45. This dammed off the Nile River






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






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






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






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






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