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Lecture 2 Flashcards

1
Q

One of the geologic wonders of the world in East Africa is?

A

East African Rift System

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2
Q

Mount Elgon is part of the Eastern Volcanics in ….

A

Uganda

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3
Q

East Africa is mainly a …

A

plateau region

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4
Q

Great depressions formed by faulting is called?

A

Rift Valley System

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5
Q

East African Rift system is part of the ….rift system.

A

Afro Arabian

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6
Q

Total length of the East African Rift System is….

A

6000 miles (9,600m)

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7
Q

EARS marks a place where the earth’s …..are presently trying to create new plates b splitting apart old ones.

A

Tectonic forces

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8
Q

Volcanic and tectonic activity in the rift started about

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30 million years ago

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9
Q

Nubian plate makes up most of ….

A

Africa

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10
Q

Nubian plates is a new plate. True or false?

A

true

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11
Q

Smaller plate pulling away is named ….

A

Somalian plate

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12
Q

The nubian and somalian plate move away from each other and also from the …

A

Arabian plate to the north

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13
Q

Where the three plates are pulling away from one another is

A

Triple junction

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14
Q

East Africa borders the Indian Ocean for about …

A

800 miles

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15
Q

The coastal belt includes Islands of ….

A

Zanzibar and Pemba

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16
Q

mention two artificial harbors and railway terminals along the coast of east A

A

Mombassa in Kenya
Dar es Salaam in Tanzania

17
Q

Nile is known as the ….

A

River of life

18
Q

Nile is the world’s longest river at ….

A

4,100 miles

19
Q

What are the largest extant vertebrate radiation identified in the East African Great Lakes?

A

Cichlid Fishes

20
Q

The lakes supports how many species of Cichlid fish?

A

2000

21
Q

Cichlid fishes are mostly found in ….

A

aquariums

22
Q

all parts of East Africa are within …. from the equator.

A

12 degree celsius

23
Q

Places at sea level have ….. temperatures throughout the year.

A

high

24
Q

Mombassa and Dar es Salaam have mean annual temperatures of about ….

A

27 degree celsius

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