Study the diagram.

A cause-and-effect diagram is depicted by arrows. The first arrow states "Farmers use pesticides to protect crops." The second arrow is blank. The third arrow states "Toxic waters reaches the ocean and harms marine life and ecosystems."

Identify the missing step in the sequence describing how farming in Central America and the Caribbean can have a negative impact on the ocean.

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Factories that make pesticides dump their waste products into the ocean, polluting it.

Factories that make pesticides dump their waste products into the ocean, polluting it.

Rain washes pesticides off crops and into rivers, which eventually flow into the ocean.

Rain washes pesticides off crops and into rivers, which eventually flow into the ocean.

Earthquakes and mudslides push crops into rivers where the pesticides wash away and reach the ocean.

Earthquakes and mudslides push crops into rivers where the pesticides wash away and reach the ocean.

Most farms are located along the coast, where flooding can wash pesticides into the ocean.

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The missing step in the sequence describing how farming in Central America and the Caribbean can have a negative impact on the ocean is:

Rain washes pesticides off crops and into rivers, which eventually flow into the ocean.

This step logically connects the use of pesticides by farmers with the resulting pollution of marine environments.

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