Latin American Environmental Issues

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What type of environmental issues does Mexico City face? Acid Rain, Deforestation, Air Pollution, Polluted drinking water

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Air Pollution

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What factor below makes Mexico City's environmental issues worse?

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The city is located in a valley of an extinct volcano making the air pollution stay in the atmosphere above the city.

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What laws have Mexican officials put in place to help lessen the pollution? Options: Citizens are required to wear protective masks when pollution levels are high. Citizens are permitted to drive their cars on certain days only. Made it illegal to drive trucks that get poor gas mileage. Made stricter laws against cutting down trees in the forest.

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Citizens are permitted to drive their cars on certain days only.

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What is the cause of Mexico City's environmental issue?

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Aging factories, power plants, and automobiles.

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What type of environmental issues does Brazil face? Acid Rain, Deforestation, Air Pollution, Polluted drinking water

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Deforestation

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What factor below makes Brazil's environmental issues worse? Options: The government cannot afford to filter their cities drinking water, The city is located in the valley of an extinct volcano making the air pollution stay in the atmosphere above the city, Many citizens only source of income is harvesting trees from the forest, so the problem never stops

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Many citizens only source of income is harvesting trees from the forest, so the problem never stops

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What is the cause of Brazil's environmental issue?

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Illegal logging of trees

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What is the issue with the laws Brazil has passed to help prevent their environmental issue?

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Lack of funding to enforce the laws

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Which of the following words describes deforestation?

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The destruction of a forested area usually due to human activities

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Most of the world's medicines come from the Amazon Rain Forest?

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True