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Which of the following statements about the Deepwater Horizon event of 2010 is true?
 
  A) The event affected only the deep-water marine life.
  B) The cleanup of the spill was relatively fast because the blowout was near the surface.
  C) Much of the spill was broken down by bacteria or evaporated from the water's surface.
  D) This was the first large-scale spill of crude oil into marine ecosystems.

Question 2

The oil spill that destroyed BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 affected all of the following catastrophically, except
 
  A) marine organisms on both the surface and bottom.
  B) tourism and fishing economies of the Gulf states.
  C) atmospheric and water pollution.
  D) agricultural production in the northern parts of the Gulf states.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D



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