QUESTION 18-sustainable building Significant groundwater withdrawals are having

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QUESTION 18-sustainable building

Significant groundwater withdrawals are having negative effects on the Potomac Aquifer. These withdrawals are due to:

Restoration of wetlands damaged in the 2011 Great Dismal Swamp fire.

Paper pulp mills in western Tidewater.

Increased withdrawals for agricultural irrigation due to recent droughts.

Increased residential and industrial use in urban areas.

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QUESTION 19

Which of these factors contributes to land subsidence in Hampton Roads and other coastal areas?

Storm water retention systems (alias Best Management Practices or BMPs).

Withdrawal of water from deep aquifers.

Increased nutrient load in lakes and streams.

High-rise development in the coastal zone.

Glacial isostasy.

Collapse of limestone rock (including coral) layers near the surface.

Erosion and sedimentation.

Compaction of soil as it dries out due to impervious cover and storm water diversion.

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QUESTION 20

According to philosophers, human motivations can be divided into three categories - what are they?

Religion, Politics, and Romance.

Emotion, Logic, and Social Obligation.

Risk, Reward, and Capability.

Economy, Society, and Environment.

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QUESTION 21

The precautionary principle includes all of the following except:

People have a duty to take anticipatory action to prevent harm.

Decision-making should include only the most powerful and informed parties.

The burden of proof for the harmlessness of an action, technology, or chemical lies with its proponent.

There is an obligation to consider alternatives, including doing nothing.

Significant groundwater withdrawals are having negative effects on the Potomac Aquifer. These withdrawals are due to:

Paper pulp mills in western Tidewater.

Areas such as Franklin and West Point, house economically-important paper mills.

19) Which of these factors contributes to land subsidence in Hampton Roads and other coastal areas?

Withdrawal of water from deep aquifers.

Water is withdrawn at unsustainable rates for economic development.