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Human Environment Interaction
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Subject
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. The average person created ___ lbs of waste per day
Push factor
5
Keystone
Bikini Atoll
2. _________ is dealt with by incineration - buried or recycled
Garbage
Tourism
Slash and burn
Arable
3. The name of the pipeline that was proposed to go through the US
Keystone
2000 mile long fence
Currents
Terpen
4. City in Italy that sit on water and uses canals for roads
Slash and burn
Venice
Terracing
North Dakota
5. A man made elevated region for people who live in low lying areas to go in case of flood
Evaporation
Terpen
Slash and burn
Venice
6. An energy that cannot be renewed and made from decomposed plant matter
Rabbits
Sahel
Terpen
Fossil fuels
7. Millions of water in Lake Nassar are lost to __________.
Tourism
Oil Shale
Evaporation
2000
8. Region where terracing is used in South America
Aswan High Dam
Sahel
180
Andes Mountains
9. Land that has been reclaimed from the sea
Sandhills
Polder
Terracing
Fox
10. The Aswan High Dam created a lake called....
Holland
Lake Nassar
1849
2000
11. Process of a region turning into a desert due to poor farming process
Garbage
Slash and burn
Desertification
Urbanization
12. This is done to reduce soil erosion and increase arable land
Pacific
Urbanization
Terracing
180
13. A positive of this is that it brings in money and jobs to a region
Sandhills
Tourism
Desertification
Infectious disease
14. Group of islands used for nuclear testing in Oceans by the USA
Bikini Atoll
Oil Shale
2000
Rabbits
15. This place was chosen for nuclear testing because it wasn't near shipping lanes.
Polder
Bikini Atoll
5
Slash and burn
16. A man made dam
1849
Rabbits
Dike
Thomas Austin
17. Chernobyl was a ____________ that blew up.
Bikini Atoll
Polder
Nuclear power plant
Slash and burn
18. Number of Nigerian oil spills that have not been cleaned up
1849
4000
Push factor
180
19. Person who released the Australian rabbits.
Rabbits
50
Thomas Austin
Slash and burn
20. Animal that Australia used to try and control rabbit populations.
Fox
4000
Tourism
Venice
21. This dammed off the Nile River
Slash and burn
50
2000
Aswan High Dam
22. By 1900 - how many rabbits were there in 1900?
Slash and burn
1 billion
2000
180
23. Region that has had a large role in the creation of the Ogallala Aquifer
300
Nuclear
Sandhills
Aswan High Dam
24. Lake Nassar has buried many wonders of what ancient empire?
Rabbits
Egypt
Slash and burn
Fossil fuels
25. _____ Power is an exciting prospect because its renewable and clean - but its waste is radioactive.
Nuclear
Soviet Union
300
Bikini Atoll
26. In 18 months 2 rabbits can create how many baby rabbits?
Bikini Atoll
180
Silt
2000 mile long fence
27. African nation that has oil resources but has mismanaged them
1849
Bikini Atoll
Sandhills
Nigeria
28. The Aswan High Dam increased the arable land of Egypt by ______ percent.
50
2000 mile long fence
North Dakota
Terpen
29. When a person is pulled into a region because that region has great positives
North Dakota
5
Bikini Atoll
Pull Factor
30. Number of people killed in attacks on Nigerian oil lines
Urbanization
2000
50
Nigeria
31. Chernobyl is located in the former ____________.
Polder
Desertification
Soviet Union
5
32. The Aswan High Dam stopped organic matter in water to deposit _______ into the lands of Egypt which served like free fertilizer.
Nuclear
Slash and burn
Silt
Soviet Union
33. Region in Africa that is experiencing desertification
Pacific
Currents
Aswan High Dam
Sahel
34. Animal plaguing Australia
Nuclear
Lake Nassar
Silt
Rabbits
35. Ecosystem of Western Nebraska
Thomas Austin
Keystone
Sandhills
Venice
36. Oil shale is located in many regions - but the one we discussed was in the state of_______.
1 billion
Oil Shale
Garbage
North Dakota
37. What destroyed pastures - stripped land and brought on extinction of native animals?
Rabbits
Bikini Atoll
Dike
Silt
38. When people move from the rural areas to the city
Polder
Arable
180
Urbanization
39. The Australian government introduced this into blood of rabbits to control their populations.
Currents
Garbage
Infectious disease
Polder
40. When a person is forced out of a region because of bad circumstances
Terracing
Push factor
1 billion
Bikini Atoll
41. Idea of bringing down trees and setting them ablaze to deposit their nutrients in farm ground in the amazon.
Infectious disease
Tourism
Garbage
Slash and burn
42. Australia built one of these to try and stop spread of rabbits.
Egypt
Holland
Currents
2000 mile long fence
43. The main reason for the Pacific Garbage patch is Ocean ________.
Currents
300
Push factor
Dike
44. Nation where land reclamation has allowed the nation to grow by 40%
Pacific
Thomas Austin
50
Holland
45. Once a region has used ________________ it is good for a while but then the land becomes infertile
Aswan High Dam
Venice
300
Slash and burn
46. Lake Nassar is about _____ miles long.
Urbanization
300
Holland
Oil Shale
47. What year were the rabbits brought to Australia?
1849
Desertification
300
4000
48. A negative of this is that is uses up good agricultural land and widens the gap between rich and poor
Terpen
Push factor
Fox
Tourism
49. ______ is harder to mine - harder to process and is harmful to the environment
Oil Shale
Andes Mountains
2000
Silt
50. Land that is suitable for farming
Pacific
Terpen
Arable
Nuclear