Question

click the pros and cons of plastics and use the information to answer the question. which scenario shows an indirect environmental impact of using plastics? marine organisms being entangled by discarded or thrown away fishing nets marine plants being smothered by plastic bags plastics being consumed by fish and passing toxic compounds to the humans that eat the fish sea turtles mistaking plastic bags for squids and ingesting plastic bags for food

Explanation:

Indirect environmental impact means the impact that is not direct on the organism itself but through a chain of events. When plastics are consumed by fish and pass toxic compounds to humans who eat the fish, it is an indirect impact. The first three options (marine organisms being entangled by fishing nets, marine plants being smothered by plastic bags, sea turtles mistaking plastic bags for squids and ingesting them) are direct impacts as the plastic directly affects the marine organism or plant.

Answer:

Plastics being consumed by fish and passing toxic compounds to the humans that eat the fish.