Question

Ocean water often becomes contaminated with sediments and other pollutants from the land.

Which statement best explains how this occurs?
b
Severe storms, such as hurricanes and tornadoes, carry sediments and poor from
the land into the ocean.
Contaminants from land erosion and runoff get carried in rivers and other waterways
that lead to the ocean.
When ice forms in ocean waters, the land pollutants and sediments get trapped in the
ice.
Pollutants and sediments are carried in water vapor as it evaporates and are released
into the ocean as precipitation.
d

Answer 1

Severe storms, such as hurricanes and tornadoes, carry sediments and poor from

the land into the ocean.