Since the AIDS virus has reduced life expectancy in some sub-Saharan African countries by as much as 20 years, the result is that some countries, such as Botswana and Zimbabwe, will each lose half of their adult population within a decade
Briefly discuss the implications of this tragedy.
What will be an ideal response
This dramatic reduction that selectively eliminates adults from the population means the premature death of teachers, healthcare workers, soldiers, farmers, and countless other key professionals. This will result in decreased food production, diminished health care, and decreased opportunities for education. Millions more children will become orphans.
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Water molecules join and leave the molecules of another substance without changing that substance's fundamental chemical formula in the process of:
a. oxidation. b. hydrolysis. c. hydration. d. evaporation. e. carbonation.
Within water-deficient regions, two climatic types are recognized. What are they?
A) Subpolar high and subpolar low B) Ephemeral and playa C) Desert and steppe D) Saltation and tropical
What is true about r-selected species?
What will be an ideal response?
Surface weather information is provided by more than ____ land-based stations and hundreds of ships and buoys providing surface weather information at least four times a day
a. ?100 b. ?10,000 c. ?100,000 d. ?1,000,000 e. ?10,000,000