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Wadzanai

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The cost of natural disasters is ____.
   a. increasing steadily each year due to population growth
   b. increasing steadily each year due to economic growth
   c. variable from year to year due to the unpredictability of natural disasters and their effects
   d. increasing steadily each year due to population and economic growth
   e. decreasing steadily each year due to improved forecasting and public awareness

Question 2

In comparison to developing countries, catastrophic natural disasters in developed countries are most likely to cause ____.
   a. more economic damage, but less loss of life
   b. less economic damage, but more loss of life
   c. equal amounts of economic damage and loss of life
   d. very little economic damage or loss of life
   e. an unpredictable mix of economic damage and loss of life



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SVictor

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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: a




Wadzanai

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Reply 2 on: Jul 13, 2018
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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
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