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

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.

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.

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

Answer 1

The missing step in the sequence is likely:

"Farmers use pesticides and fertilizers that can be washed away by rain or flooding."

This step connects the use of harmful chemicals by farmers to the subsequent transport of those chemicals into rivers and eventually the ocean.