What Immediate and Long-Term Affects Could You Envision If Rainfall

question 50

Essay

What immediate and long-term affects could you envision if rainfall and drinking water suddenly became unavailable in your state or province? What roles might economic and cultural networks play in dealing with this drastic change? Assuming that major efforts were made to continue to sustain part of the population in your state, what traditional networks would either fail completely or have to be drastically revised, and what kind of population could continue to survive there?

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Definitions:

Nitrile

Organic compounds that contain a cyano group (-C≡N) attached to an alkyl group, used in the manufacture of rubbers, resins, and pharmaceuticals.

Amide

Organic compounds characterized by a carbonyl group attached to a nitrogen atom, often found in proteins and other important biological molecules.

Stereochemistry

An area of chemistry concerned with the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in molecules and its impact on their chemical reactions and properties.

Esters

Organic compounds derived from carboxylic acids where the hydrogen in the hydroxyl group is replaced by an alkyl or aryl group, often responsible for the aroma of fruits.