Question

great pacific garbage patch by nsikan akpan what the scientists did: plastics tend to break down, due to heat and sunlight exposure, into small particles known as microplastics. in the past, scientists estimated the size of the great pacific garbage patch by hopping on a boat and trawling the trash with fine nets — nets originally designed for catching plankton running these nets through the patch, which extends from california to hawaii, was not only laborious, it failed to catch big things like bottles and buoys. scientists tried counting these larger items by eye, but they could only do so for small sections of the patch by extrapolating, they could develop a sense of the great pacific garbage patch size, but their final estimates — especially for large pieces of trash — varied dramatically three years ago, the ocean cleanup foundation opted for a more direct approach the netherlands - based organization hired 10 ships to trawl at different spots across the whole patch and is much larger than we thought to answer the question. which line from the passage demonstrates a cause/effect text structure? (1 point) in the past, scientists estimated the size of the great pacific garbage patch by hopping on a boat and trawling the trash with fine nets — nets originally designed for catching plankton the netherlands - based organization hired 10 ships to trawl at different spots across the whole patch plastics tend to break down, due to heat and sunlight exposure, into small particles known as microplastics running these nets through the patch, which extends from california to hawaii, was not only laborious, it failed to catch big things like bottles and buoys

Explanation:

A cause - effect text structure shows a relationship where one event (the cause) leads to another (the effect). In the sentence "Plastics tend to break down, due to heat and sunlight exposure, into small particles known as microplastics", heat and sunlight exposure is the cause and the breakdown of plastics into microplastics is the effect.

Answer:

"Plastics tend to break down, due to heat and sunlight exposure, into small particles known as microplastics"