Scientists Currently Assessing the Environmental Impacts of the 2010 Deepwater

question 55

Multiple Choice

Scientists currently assessing the environmental impacts of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico report that ________________.

• A) the entire Gulf food web will eventually collapse
• B) it may take years or decades before the full impacts are known
• C) the damage was limited to wildlife kills immediately after the spill
• D) Gulf productivity has already returned to normal and no further effects will be felt
• E) the coastal marshes of Louisiana suffered no measurable damage

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