Increasing population sizes lead to increasing demand for food. Farmers use synthetic fertilizers to add necessary nutrients to the soil so crops can grow. What is the ultimate consequence of this fertilizer use?
A. death of aquatic organisms
B. deoxygenated water bodies
C. algal blooms grow rapidly
D. fertilizer runs off with rainwater
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D. fertilizer runs off with rainwater
The answer is C:death of aquatic life. The definition of ultimate is being or happening at the end of a process and the answer that I saw people give (D) is the start of the process. It starts with fertilizer running off with rainwater then algal booms grow rapidly which brings less oxygen in bodies of water which ULTIMATELY causes the death of aquatic organisms.
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