Which of the following statements about the Deepwater Horizon event of 2010 is true?

A) The event affected only the deep-water marine life.
B) The cleanup of the spill was relatively fast because the blowout was near the surface.
C) Much of the spill was broken down by bacteria or evaporated from the water's surface.
D) This was the first large-scale spill of crude oil into marine ecosystems.


C

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