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






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






3. This dammed off the Nile River






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






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






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






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






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






9. Region where terracing is used in South America






10. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






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






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






13. Animal plaguing Australia






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






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






16. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






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






18. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Land that is suitable for farming






26. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






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






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






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






30. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






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






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






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






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






35. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






36. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






37. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






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






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






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






41. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






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






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






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






45. A man made dam






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






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






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






49. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification






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