Question

How can fertilizer use be detrimental to the environment? a. It can enter waterways, causing them to accumulate an excess of nutrients. b. High levels of fertilizer in bodies of water can lead to excess algal growth. c. Fertilizer can lead to oxygen depletion, and be harmful to organisms in waterways. d. All of the above

Answer 1

The answer would be D)all of the above

Answer 2

Answer: d. All the above

Fertilizers can be deterimental to the environment. Excess use of fertilizers will result in eutrophication in the water body. Water body being more enriched with nutrients will result in excessive growth of aquatic plants. This also result in algal bloom in which algae grows on the surface of water body because of this atmospheric oxygen not able to reach the aquatic plants, hence results in oxygen depletion.