Ammonia released by fertilizers and animal wastes affect the environment by ____.

A. combining with sulfur and nitrogen oxides in the air to form salts that end up fertilizing the ground
B. degrading into nitrites and completing the nitrogen cycle
C. poisoning rivers and lakes
D. acidifying oceans
E. accumulating in animal bodies


Answer: A

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