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Human Environment Interaction

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Region where terracing is used in South America






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






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






4. Land that is suitable for farming






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






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






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






8. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?






16. Ocean where there is a huge garbage patch






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






18. A man made dam






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






20. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska






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






22. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.






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






24. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea






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






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






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






28. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.






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






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






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






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






33. Region that is subjected to acid rain in Europe






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






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






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






37. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification






38. Person who released the Australian rabbits.






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






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






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






42. Animal plaguing Australia






43. This dammed off the Nile River






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






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






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






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






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






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






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