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UF GEO1010 McIntee T
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Length of Martian year? | 687 days |
| Length of Martian day? | 24.37 hours |
| Earth features compared to Mars? | Death Valley, Mono Lake (CA), Channelled Seadbland (WA0, Permafrost in Siberia, Volcanoes in Hawaii |
| When was Disney, Epcot, MGM, Animal Kingdom first opened? | 1971, 1982, 1988, 1998 |
| images? | 1973, 1989, 1997 |
| How much land cover was shifted? | 10.02 percent |
| Remote sensing def? | Sensing for measurement from a distance - includes hearing seeing and smelling |
| Three parts of GIS? | Line, point, area -vector or raster |
| How many satellites and how many orbits? | 24 satellites and 6 orbits |
| Who uses GPS and GIS? | Military, science, moving rocks, medical geography |
| How many languages in Africa? | 1000 |
| What are the language families? | Niger-Congo, Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Sahara, Khoisan |
| why decreasing foreign debt? | inability to service it |
| percent of adults with HIV? | 1/100% |
| AIDS cases and deaths in Africa? (percent) | 70%, 75% |
| population? | 596 million |
| growth rate? | 2.6% |
| Africae Clutsers of population? | Coastal West Africa, Northen Nigeria, Ethiopian Highlands, Lake Victoria Region, Interior and East Coast of South Africa |
| Food Production: | Agricultue, Pastorialism, or Fishing/Huntint |
| What is Pastorialism? | Animal Herding |
| Major oil exporter in West Africa? | Nigeria |
| Congo - 2nd largest country - ethnic groups , languages, and percent rainforest? | 250 ethnic groups, 75 languages, 1/2 rainforest |
| East Africe ecnomy is subsistence because of? | railroad system |
| population concentration in East Africa? | Lake Victoria and Nairobi, Kenya |
| Sub-Saharan Africa - Diama Barrage on Senegal river leads to the loss of...? | 7000 tons of shrimp and fish resources |
| Def of degradation? | decreases of vegetation cover or species composition |
| In Sub-Saharan Africa - how many people don't have access to water? | 35% |
| What is malaria caused by? | blood parasite - transmitted by mosquitos |
| Guinea worm | contamintaed drinking water - grows to 1 meter |
| Where does Bilharzia live? | abdominal cavity from dirty water |
| Def of medical geography? | study of people's health in a spatial context |
| What is GIS used for in the medical field? | to track diffusion and record impact |
| Where are the Kitum Saves? | In the shadow of Mt. Elgon in Uganda |
| What animals live in the save? | bats, elepants, and monkeys |
| 4 types of Ebola | Zaire, Sudan, Reston, and Tai |
| What is Lassa transmitted from? | rodents |
| When was Lassa discovered? | 1969 |
| Incumbation period of lassa | 5-21 days |
| symptoms of lassa | viral hemorrhagic fever |
| Lassa is particularly high in what group? | pregnant women |
| Treatment of lassa? | Ribavirin |
| Poor pronosis of Lassa? | High Viremia, Bleeding, and Third trimester |
| Number of islands in the pacific? | 20,000 |
| Population breakdowm in oceania? | Australia - 19 million, New Zealand - 4 million, New Guinea - 4 million, other islands - 3 million |
| Climate of Oceania? | Pyphoons and cyclones, tsunamis |
| Climate of Australia | 1/3 arid and 1/3 semiarid |
| Aborigines - numbers | 200,000 then to 75,000 and now to 300,000 - only 10,000 follow traditional ways |
| Maoris | from South Pacific last wave fom tahiti in 1350 |
| Native people of Serenteti? | Massai |
| How many animals migrat? | 2 million |
| What countreis in Africa does the Serentegi encompass? | Tanzania and Kenya |
| Self contained eco-system? | Ngorongoro Crater |
| What river do the heards need to cross? what country is it in? | Mara River in Kenya |
| How many die on the river? | 1/4 million but 1/2 are born |
| how long has the aborinies been around? | 30,000 |
| How long in the redd? | 1,200 km |
| How far the the reed extend | 100 miles |
| Harem Island is operated by what university? | University of Queensland |
| Incubatino period for sea turtles | 8-10 weeks |
| number of ship wreacks this century on the Reef? | 1,200 |
| percent of US endanged species in Hawaii? | 1/4 - 6 go exist every hour |
| How many years has NGS suppoterd Goodal | 1961-1978 |
| How many gants has goodall had? | 26 |
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