ECONOMICS
SCARCITY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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an earthquake in 1985, paragraph 6
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company, paragraph 6
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an earthquake in 1995, paragraph 5
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the burning of fossil fuels, paragraph 5
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Detailed explanation-1: -Natural Disasters: Natural disasters negatively affect access to clean water. Climate change brings hotter temperatures and droughts that can possibly dry up Mexico’s vital water sources. Earthquakes can destroy water purification plants and break pipelines, leading to floods of toxic waste.
Detailed explanation-2: -They were located off the coast along the Middle America Trench, more than 350 kilometres (220 mi) away, but the city suffered major damage due to its large magnitude and the ancient lake bed on which Mexico City sits.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mexico is located along a subduction zone, where one slab of Earth’s crust-the Cocos oceanic plate-is sliding under another-the North American continental plate. The friction between the crusts causes strong and devastating earthquakes.
Detailed explanation-4: -When the damage was finally assessed, 3, 000 buildings in Mexico City were demolished and another 100, 000 suffered serious damage. 10, 000 people lost their lives, 30, 000 were injured and thousands more were left homeless.