The context clues that help verify the meaning of the word "toxins" are: “sicken marine wildlife and humans and deplete oxygen.” This phrase indicates that toxins are harmful substances that can cause sickness and environmental damage, which provides a clear understanding of what toxins are.
A Walk Through the Rainbow with PACE" by Jessica Merzdorf Understanding phytoplankton health can help predict harmful algal blooms, or HABs. When substances from land wash into the ocean, they sometimes become a feast for algae, allowing them to eat, grow and multiply rapidly. HABs can generate harmful toxins that sicken marine wildlife and humans and deplete oxygen in the water as bacteria feed on numerous dead algae.
Use the passage to answer the question. What context clues help you verify the meaning of the word toxins? (1 point) Responses “substances from land wash into the ocean” “substances from land wash into the ocean” “sicken marine wildlife and humans and deplete oxygen” “sicken marine wildlife and humans and deplete oxygen” “Understanding phytoplankton health” “Understanding phytoplankton health” “eat, grow and multiply rapidly” “eat, grow and multiply rapidly”
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