According to the text, the purpose of the continuous plankton recorders (CPRs)is
Based on the text, analyze the sentences.
I. The study focused on the quantity of microplastics and not on large plastic items.
II. Log-books had an important role in finding out the amount of plastic polluting the oceans that has increased significantly.
II. Before this survey, previously studies analyzed mostly the ingestion of plastic by sea creatures over shorter timescales.
III. As fisheries become more professional there will be more pollution in the oceans.
The alternative in which “play” has the same meaning as in the sentence:“Nevertheless, he adds, the study demonstrates that fisheries play a major part in plastic pollution, and…” is:
In the text, the verbal tense of the verbs in bold recorded; had been scant; have been used; adds are respectively:
The modal verb underlined in the text is used to express the idea of