SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCE
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Question
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It causes inland erosion.
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It is a short-term solution.
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It creates a barrier that prevents the tides from occurring along the coastline.
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It creates a wall that disrupts the vegetation along the coastline.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Large quantities of sand can be added to the beach to stabilize the shoreline. Which describes a disadvantage of this process? It causes inland erosion.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main direct cause of biodiversity loss is land use change (primarily for large-scale food production) which drives an estimated 30% of biodiversity decline globally. Second is overexploitation (overfishing, overhunting and overharvesting) for things like food, medicines and timber which drives around 20%.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which is an advantage of safely using uranium as an energy source rather than using coal? Uranium produces energy without polluting the atmosphere, while burning coal can increase the CO2 in the atmosphere. Uranium reduces the amount of thermal pollution, while burning coal can increase the amount of thermal pollution.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which best describes how energy from the sun helps to maintain life on Earth? A It heats Earth’s atmosphere and surface, which helps stabilize temperatures on Earth and creates environments more favorable for life to exist.
Detailed explanation-5: -Fission is the splitting of a heavy, unstable nucleus into two lighter nuclei, and fusion is the process where two light nuclei combine together releasing vast amounts of energy.