Consider the consequences of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the landslide in La Conchita, California. Which of the following statements best explains why loss of life and property is so significant with regard to modern natural disasters? A)
Natural disasters are caused by nature, and humans cannot influence their effects.
B)
There is no way to predict where and when natural disasters will occur.
C)
Risks of living and building in hazard zones are understood but ignored.
D)
There is rarely enough warning prior to a natural disaster to prevent loss of life.
E)
Human societies are unable to differentiate between direct and indirect effects of disasters.

Cladistics is a way of classifying organisms by examining the characteristics of their ancestors and descendants and depicting the relationships in a cladogram. which of the following best describes a challenge in classifying organisms this way? a. there are millions of species on earth, and a cladogram is not a practical means for classifying all of them. b. it is impossible to tell which organisms are most closely related to each other using a cladogram. c. cladograms are detail-oriented and do not provide a useful understanding of evolutionary relationships. d. there is a limited number of ways to organize the information, so most cladograms end up looking very similar.