A Group of Post-Secondary Students Is Going to Southeast Asia

question 41

Essay

A group of post-secondary students is going to Southeast Asia to volunteer for a humanitarian agency. The co-ordinator of the program has asked you to provide the students with some background information on undernutrition and the micronutrients that are major public health concern in impoverished nations. How would you respond?

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Definitions:

Calcium Carbonate

A chemical compound with the formula CaCO3, found in rocks as the minerals calcite and aragonite and is the main component of pearls, marine organisms' shells, and snail shells.

Precipitation

The process by which water vapor in the atmosphere condenses into droplets or ice crystals that fall to the Earth's surface, contributing to the hydrological cycle.

Evaporation

The process by which water is transformed from a liquid to a gas or vapor state, often contributing to the hydrologic cycle by removing moisture from bodies of water, soil, and other surfaces.

Granite Bedrock

The solid rock layer under the soil composed primarily of granite, a coarse-grained igneous rock consisting mainly of quartz, mica, and feldspar.