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In this task, you are given a question and answer for that. The answer will fill in the blank or will complete the unfinished question. Your task is to provide an explanation based on the given question or fill-in-the-blank statement, and answer.
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Question: If Mona is a logger and she begins cutting down a forest full of trees, how will that affect the likelihood of a drought occurring? 
 Answer: increase
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With fewer trees, the air is drier and droughts are more common.


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Question: Mona lives in a country with a lot of food available. If a natural disaster strikes and the food supply is cut off, what will happen to the birth rate in her country? 
 Answer: decrease
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Low food supply or a lack of space can lower birth rates, increase death rates, or lead to emigration.


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Question: Rita used more nonrenewable resources. These resources will now last 
 Answer: not as long
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Using less nonrenewable resources means that they will last longer.