The Petroleum Released by the Deepwater Horizon Explosion Created a "Kill

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Multiple Choice

The petroleum released by the Deepwater Horizon explosion created a "kill zone" of 80 square miles. What happens in a kill zone?

• A) Virtually all sea life is eventually destroyed from the oil released into the water.
• B) The oxygen levels are so depleted that any animal that swims into this area is suffocated.
• C) All the animal and plant life drowns.
• D) Underwater fireballs literally burn all the sea life.

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