Technology for Constructive and Destructive Forces

Based on the map, one solution to protect buildings from the damage of a hurricane, or storm surge, would be to do what?

• Make more space between all buildings.
• Plant more mangrove trees along the shore.
• Rebuild the damaged buildings quickly.
• Build more buildings closer to the water. 

Humans are trying to reverse the effects of the Georgia coastline when they do which of the following?

• Limit visitors to the parks
• Clean up the litter
• Add sand to the beaches
• Regulate fishing

The technology of a seismograph is helpful to humans because it

• identifies locations with poor soil
• records historical temperature extremes
• determines the height of tidal waves
• helps detect and measure earthquakes

Humans build levees in order to serve what function?

• To make water clean for drinking
• To store water for farming
• To keep a river from overflowing
• To raise the water level of the ocean

A seawall constructed along a length of oceanfront property can assist a coastal city by

• slowing erosion of beach sand
• preventing animals from migrating
• providing a road for cars
• keeping water temperatures down

How are dams and levees alike?

• Both control floods

• Both control weathering.

• Both are natural barriers.

• Both prevent coastal erosion.

Natural phenomena, such as volcanoes, rivers, and weather patterns, that build up landmasses on Earth's surface.

• Flood control
• Destructive forces
• Constructive forces
• Design solution

Things made by man to help control flooding, such as dams, drains, and levees.

• Flood control
• Destructive forces
• Constructive forces
• Design solution

Natural phenomena, such as erosion and earthquakes, that wear down landmasses on Earth's surface.

• Flood control
• Destructive forces
• Constructive forces
• Design solution

All of the following are ways humans can prepare for a destructive process, such as a hurricane, by using technology and engineering methods to lessen the effects of the storm, EXCEPT...

• Building dams, drains, and levees to help control flooding. 
• Planting more trees and vegetation along the shoreline to lessen erosion of sand. 
• Constructing a seawall to prevent coastal erosion and other damage due to wave action and storm surge
• Rebuilding the damaged buildings quickly.