<p>Human/Environmental Interaction </p><p>1. What problem will occur if global warming causes polar icecaps to melt? </p><p>2. When the former Soviet Union made the decision to divert water toward farmland, which sea started to dry up? Why did they divert that water?</p><p>3. Which river is very important for providing water to parts of California, Arizona, and Nevada? </p><p>4. Name a health problem caused by smog. </p><p>5. What benefits do forests provide? </p><p>6. What types of technology are used in agriculture? </p><p>7. Other than financial cost, name a disadvantage of using fossil fuels as an energy source. </p><p>8. Which river is the Aswan High Dam intended to block? </p><p>9. What causes desertification? </p><p>10. Although nuclear power is usually a cleaner energy source, what problem(s) can it cause? 11. What technology allowed suburbs to develop? </p><p>12. Where would you find a great deal of noise pollution? </p><p>13. The environment affect’s human settlement patterns. Describe an environment that would be good for human settlement. </p><p>14. Why are few houses made of wood in the Middle East? </p><p>15. Why is cotton grown in the southern US, but not in the northern US? </p><p>16. How can the environment affect human recreational opportunities? </p><p>17. Which city in the Ukraine was the site of a horrible nuclear accident in 1986? </p><p>18. What is the name for a hurricane that develops in the Pacific Ocean? </p><p>19. What is erosion? </p><p>20. Why do earthquakes occur? </p><p>21. What is the greenhouse effect? 22. Name two specific places where earthquakes frequently occur. </p><p>23. What is deforestation? </p><p>24. How can fertilizers harm the environment? </p><p>25. Name an area in the world that used to be grassland but is now mostly desert. </p><p>26. What problem has the Aswan High Dam created for farmers downstream (north) of the dam? </p><p>27. What are polders and where would you find them? </p><p>28. What is terracing? In which areas of the world would you find them? </p><p>29. What is acid rain? </p><p>30. Which type of irritant gas is formed by smog? </p>