Can you sequence the steps in the eutrophication process that occurs in a body o

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Can you sequence the steps in the eutrophication process that occurs in a body of water?

Part A

Drag each statement to the appropriate location in the flowchart of the eutrophication process.

Can you sequence the steps in the eutrophication process that occurs in a body of water Part A Drag each statement to the appropriate location in the flowchart of the eutrophication process. Nutrients promote More phytoplankton phytoplankton die and settle to the growth, and bottom, where they Nutrients enter a Aquatic life in and waterway in near the sediment elevated increase are metabolized by flees or suffocates. phytoplankton concentrations. bacteria. density in waters. Hypoxic conditions arise in the deep water above the sediments.

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Answer:

1. Nutrients enter a waterway in elevated concentrations.

2. Nutrients promote phytoplankton growth, and increase phytoplankton density in waters.

3. More phytoplankton die and settle where they are metabolized by bacteria.

4. Hypoxic conditions arise in the deep water above the sediments.

5. Aquatic life in and near the sediment flees or suffocates.

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