Use the scenario to answer the question: A student writes two statements about the importance of soil. 1. Soil can act as a filter and keep pollutants out of groundwater. 2. Soil can be used as a natural building material. Which of these describes whether the statements correctly describe the importance of soil?

Question

Both statements 1 and 2 correctly describe the importance of soil.
Only statement 2 correctly describes an importance of soil.
Only statement 1 correctly describes an importance of soil.
Neither statement 1 nor 2 correctly describes the importance of soil.

Answer 1

Both statements 1 and 2 correctly describe the importance of soil.