Which of the Following Is True About Levees

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about levees?

• A)They are a reliable way to protect an area from flooding.
• B)To be called a levee, a feature needs to be at least partly constructed by humans.
• C)A levee can trap water on the floodplain after the flood has subsided.
• D)None of these.

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Definitions:

Representative Clade

A group of organisms that includes an ancestor and all of its descendants, representative of a larger evolutionary group.

Supergroup

A classification level in the hierarchy of biological taxonomy, designed to help categorize organisms that share fundamental evolutionary traits beyond the domain and kingdom level.

Water Molds

Aquatic, fungus-like organisms belonging to the group Oomycetes, known for causing diseases in plants and fish.

Representative Clade

A collection of organisms consisting of a common ancestor and all its direct offspring, signifying one lineage on the evolutionary tree.