Unit 9 Inside Reading 1

8. 8. Oil tankers annually spill 200,000 tons of oil into the oceans.

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• FALSE

8. 5. Overfishing may temporarily benefit certain species of fish.

• TRUE

• FALSE

8. 2. Humans occupy over 70% of the earth's surface.

• TRUE

• FALSE

8. 10. Healthy oceans are compatible with an industrialized world if necessary steps are taken to protect the oceans.

• TRUE

• FALSE

4. 4. Steps must be taken to terminate human activity that may ultimately the quality of the oceans.

• FALSE

• TRUE

4. 1. Human conduct had little impact on the oceans until recently.

• TRUE

• FALSE

4. 7. Increases in the aggregation of algae and bacteria can be traced to the nutrients in run-off from cities, farms, factories, and forests.

• TRUE

• FALSE

4. 6. Discarding trash into the oceans greatly contributes to pollution.

• TRUE

• FALSE

4. 3. For all of human history, people thought of the oceans as a resource that was infinite and indestructible.

• FALSE

• TRUE

9. 9. It isn't possible to process run-off water to remove toxic substances.

• TRUE

• FALSE