Question

What happens with insecticides and herbicides that we put on our lawns?
A. They end up evaporating.
B. They end up in bodies of water killing animal and plant life.
C. They end up dissolving into the lawns.
D. They end up in bodies of water and nourish animal and plant life.

Answer 1

If your not near a water source or over a aquifer the answer would be C I think

Answer 2

It's B.

Answer 3

Not if you don't live near a water source

Answer 4

it would be B because what is not absorbed is left to run off with rain water which then goes to kill plant and animal life.

Answer 5

Good point didn't take that into account

Answer 6

I think its B because I learned this is Biology, which pesticides are flown into the run off of gardens and lawns which get carried away into bodies of water like creeks, streams, ponds, lakes, rivers and oceans. Pesticides are also toxic; toxic substances can kill animals and plants. Hope that helped. ^^

Answer 7

This is a classic case of the "choose the most correct answer".

Sure, there are conditions where C is true, there are conditions where the toxin is biodegraded by bacteria, heck there are even conditions where a meteorite blows a hole in your lawn or zombies come across it to try to eat your brain and you have to plant special plants that shoot peas and watermelons at the zombies to kill them before they get to you.

But in reality, areas that have lawns typically have occasionally or frequently rainly climates. In those climates the rain water will either cause runoff and carry a portion of the toxins, and/or the rainwater causes a portion of the toxins to sink into an underground water supply -- contaminating it. This makes B the "most likely" logical answer.