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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. _________ is dealt with by incineration - buried or recycled






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






4. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






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






6. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






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






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






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






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






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






12. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






13. Region where terracing is used in South America






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






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






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






24. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






25. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






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






27. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






28. A man made dam






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






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






31. Land that is suitable for farming






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Animal plaguing Australia






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






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






41. This dammed off the Nile River






42. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






43. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






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






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






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






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






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






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






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