Two of the Strategies That Have Been Developed by the Texas

question 20

Multiple Choice

Two of the strategies that have been developed by the Texas Water Development Board to meet the long-term needs of Texas include

• A) raising the tax on water to encourage conservation efforts and statewide water restrictions.
• B) importing more water from surrounding states where water is more plentiful and encouraging more citizens to dig their own wells.
• C) the focus on conservation and expanding and developing available surface water.
• D) requesting federal funding to develop massive desalinization plants along the Gulf Coast and laws restricting the construction of in-ground pools.

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Definitions:

Gametophyte

Haploid generation of the alternation-of-generations life cycle of a plant; produces gametes that unite to form a diploid zygote.

Alternation of Generations

A reproductive cycle of certain plants and algae that involves a regular alternation between two distinct forms: the sexual phase (gametophyte) and the asexual phase (sporophyte).

Liverwort

Bryophyte with a lobed or leafy gametophyte and a sporophyte composed of a stalk and capsule.

Protonema

The initial stage in the life cycle of mosses and some algae, characterized by a thread-like chain of cells.