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






2. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






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






4. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






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






6. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






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






15. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Region where terracing is used in South America






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






25. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






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






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






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






29. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






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






31. Land that is suitable for farming






32. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






33. A man made dam






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






35. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification






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






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






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






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






40. This dammed off the Nile River






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






42. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






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






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






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






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






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






48. Animal plaguing Australia






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






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