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Geography Exam 2
Polar bears, pandas, and summit
| Sentence | Blank |
|---|---|
| Lake Superior has the coldest average water temp of ..... causing ...... | 44 Degrees F / Bodies to sink and never float |
| Of all the Great Lakes, Lake Michigan.... | Never freezes over |
| The most dangerous lake is .... | Lake Michigan |
| Lake Michigan is prone to ..... | Seiche effect |
| The deadliest Seiche effect occurred in ..... | Souther + western shores, esp Chicago |
| Total wrecks in all the Great Lakes .... | + 6000 |
| Lake with the most total shipwrecks | Michigan (+1500) |
| .... has the highest waves in a typical yes of .... | Lake Superior / 30Ft |
| Lake Superior has the most .... | Dangerous coastline for ships |
| Longest suspension bridge in the USA .... | Mackinac Straits |
| According to the U.S. Canadian Treaty ... | No military submarines may enter the Great Lakes |
| Lake Superior has the worst ... and the worst month is ... | Sea storms / November |
| ... has the greatest concentration of shipwrecks | White Fish point (+250) |
| On .... Island is .... state park, which has the best evidence of .... | Kelleys / Glacial Grooves / Glacial Gouging |
| Glacial gouging created ... | The Great Lakes |
| Lake Ontario has the fastest .... | Isolation Rebound |
| Lake Ontario (land) is rising ... | 1ft per century |
| Lake Ontarios lake bed is gradually .... causing less property on .... | Tilting southward / NY shoreline |
| Niagara Falls faces ... because it flows .... between Erie and Ontario | North |
| The ice sheet that covers this region is .... and it reached a maximum thickness of .... | The Laurentide Ice Sheet / +2 miles |
| The lakes were created by .... when it receded .... | It's last glaciation / 10-11,000 ya |
| Of all the Great Lakes Lake Erie .... | The fastest drainage (2.6 years to change its water) |
| Due to lake Eries shallowness it .... | Freezes over the most |
| Just to get to the foot of Everest takes how many overnight stops to adjust to the altitude? | 7 |
| How many climbers are at base camp? | +600 |
| At advance base camp the air is so thin what is impossible? | Helicopter rescues |
| How many climbers have summited without oxygen bottles? | Less that 100 |
| What is unique about climber Mark Inglis? | He has no legs (has carbon fiber legs) |
| Russel Brice is famous for having done what? | Climbing the most dangerous routes |
| Will any insurance company cover Russel's expedition? | No |
| It is not unusual for sherpa to carry how many oxygen bottles up the mountain? | 6 |
| No one is going anywhere until the sherpa do what? | rig over 3 miles of safety rope |
| How long is Advance Base Camp home fro climbers? | 2 months |
| Human oxygen saturation after a night or two at these altitudes are at what percent? | 60% |
| For every 3 people killed by Everest one of them is what? | A sherpa |
| According to Russel what percent of his climbing mates have died climbing? | 80% |
| The weather loosens its grip on the summit for how long every year? | 2 weeks |
| At what altitude was the death zone? | 26,000 ft |
| At -40 degrees how fast will exposed skin freeze? | Less than 30 secs |
| What does Russel want his team to keep secret from the other teams? | plan to summit early |
| Russels crew will snoop around to find out what? | What the other groups are up to |
| North Col (camp 1) is where the team has acclimatized how many times before attempting the summit climb? | 3 times |
| Most of the climbers feel what most of the time? | Mental pressure |
| As each climbers blood thickens to absorb more oxygen, they are twice as likely have what? | A heart attack or stroke |
| On the way to camp 2, Mogens explains that your heart rate has increased how many times? | 2x-3x |
| According to Terry, at really high altitudes the human body prefers to metabolize or eat what? | Itself |
| At camp 3, winds can reach how high? | 100mph |
| No one has ever survived the death zone for more than how many days? | 5 days |
| At what time of night to Terry and Bill leave camp 4 to head to the summit? | 1 am |
| Mount Everest is how many miles high? | 5.5 miles |
| According to Russel how many people can summit Everest in a day? | 60 people |
| Russel advises Terry to spend no more than how much time on the summit? | 30 mins |
| What percent of all climbing accidents happen during the descent? | 80% |
| What color are fingers and toes that are severely frostbitten? | Black |
| What has Mark Inglis accomplished? | Completed the summit without legs |
| Mark Inglis lost the tips of how many fingers? | 5 |
| Gerard ultimately lost how much to frostbite? | All fingertips and toe tips |
| Where did pandas originally range? | Western China |
| The Chinese aim to increase number of pandas and do what? | Release thumbtack into the wild |
| Chinas conservation and research center was established in the 1980's for what purpose? | Breed captive pandas to prevent extinction |
| Oolong has helped increase the number of captive pandas by how many? | 240 |
| When is the birthing season for pandas? | August |
| The panda named princess is unusual because she's given birth how many seasons in a row? | 5 years |
| In the case of Mao Mao a pandas gestation varies by how much? | 3-5 months |
| According to Director Zhi what has happened at Oolong since 2005? | A baby boom |
| Young wild pandas will leave their mothers at what age? | 18 months |
| How often do twins happen in all panda pregnancies? | 50% |
| Why are surviving twins unheard of? | The mothers abandon the weaker cub |
| At Oolong twin cubs survive because of what technique? | Swap breeding |
| According to keeper Li Guo how often do they swap the cubs for the first month? | 2-5 days |
| Panda cubs can't perform any basic functions until how many months old? | 6 months |
| In the incubator room infant pandas are what color? | White/Pink |
| In the early days, incubated panda babies often died until the keepers noticed mother pandas do what to their cubs? | Message their stomachs |
| By gently padding a cub's stomach what does it help the cub to do? | Poop |
| When the cubs are in the incubator room how often do they need milk? | 3 hrs |
| At 7 months of age older cubs are put together in the panda kindergarten will spend how many months together? | 12 months |
| At Bifengxia a second panda breeding center, how many pandas are there? | +170 |
| What is the ultimate goal (panda video)? | Sending the pandas back into the wild |
| What is Cartography? | The science and art of map making and map reading |
| Cartogram | A proportional map |
| Cadastral | Survey / property map |
| Coropleth | Area symbol map - color |
| 2 types of map scale | Bar scale and Representative fraction |
| Map scale sizing rule | Larger map scale = more detail / Smaller map scale = less detail (the bigger the picture the smaller the map scale) (ex. 1:40 is bigger than 1:16) |
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