Pollution — Types & Examples

Valeri Natole

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A beach covered in trash — By Nils Ally (Personal trip in 2010) GFDL or CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

There used to be a large population of hermit crabs on a certain beach. Then, because of pollution, this population died off. What effect will this most likely have?

Choose one answer

Option A: A

A new hermit crab population that can handle the pollution will move in.

Option B: B

Organisms that preyed on the hermit crabs will have to find a new source of food or new habitat.

Option C: C

Every single species in the habitat will quickly become extinct.

Option D: D

Other organisms in the area will immediately evolve to handle the pollution.

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