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chandani

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Where are the large floating regions of trash in all oceans of the world where plastics outnumber marine organisms several times over located?
 
  A) Along equatorial countercurrents
  B) In areas of Ekman transport
  C) In foreshore regions
  D) In subtropical gyres
  E) Near the poles

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The crown-of-thorns sea star destroys coral reefs by ________.
 
  A) covering the coral with sediment
  B) depleting dissolved oxygen
  C) eating the coral polyps
  D) excreting waste on the coral
  E) releasing toxins that kill zooxanthellae


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Reply #1 on: Aug 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C


chandani

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Reply 2 on: Aug 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Excellent

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