QUESTION 27 Sea level rise in Hampton Roads is not caused by: Subsidence of land

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QUESTION 27

Sea level rise in Hampton Roads is not caused by:

Subsidence of land.

Increased development in coastal areas.

Ocean dynamics in the Gulf Stream.

Worldwide thermal expansion of seawater.

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QUESTION 28

The reversibility principle is:

The negative effects of greenhouse gases are reversible.

Recycling is a reversible process.

Embodied energy is thermodynamically recoverable.

Policy decisions and actions should be reversible, to allow future generations a choice in continuing the policy.

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Ques 27 - Increased development in coastal areas (other options are reasons for Hampton road sea level rise)

Ques 28 - Embodied energy is thermodynamically recoverable (Reversibility principle means when a process is stopped, the process automatically comes back or reverses back to starting state. Eg: in sports when a sportsman stops to train himself then as time goes he losses his trained abilities (detraining))

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