Chose the Best Answer to Complete the Following Statement: the Safety

question 20

Multiple Choice

Chose the best answer to complete the following statement: The safety feature to elevate the house more than the required elevation, which provides added protection and results in lower flood insurance premiums, is known as ________________.

• A) floodproofing
• B) freeboard
• C) retrofitting
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

Neurotransmitters

Chemicals that transmit signals across a synapse from one neuron to another in the brain.

Appetite Suppression

The decrease in the desire to eat, potentially due to psychological factors, physiological mechanisms, or external substances.

Natural Selection

The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring, a key mechanism of evolution described by Charles Darwin.

Evolution

The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.