What Is a Potential Solution for Reducing Flood Damage

question 44

Multiple Choice

What is a potential solution for reducing flood damage?

• A)Draining wetlands to provide dry areas for building
• B)Clearing forests to provide surface runoff with clear access to streams and rivers
• C)Living on floodplains to allow surface runoff to quickly drain into rivers
• D)Taxing development on floodplains
• E)Eliminating disaster relief

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Definitions:

Olfactory System

The sensory system responsible for smell, starting from the nasal cavity to the olfactory cortex in the brain.

Limbic System

An intricate network of nerves and pathways in the brain that regulates instinct and emotional state, governing fundamental emotions like fear, pleasure, and anger as well as primal impulses such as the need for food, sexual activity, domination, and nurturing offspring.

Forebrain

The anterior part of the brain, including the cerebral hemispheres, the thalamus, and the hypothalamus, responsible for a variety of functions including cognition, sensory processing, and motor responses.

Neocortex

The most evolved part of the cerebral cortex that involves higher functions such as sensory perception, generation of motor commands, spatial reasoning, conscious thought, and in humans, language.