Based on the experiment in the figure above, all of the following are plausible reasons for the result EXCEPT that
A) plant roots that held soil particles in place are no longer there.
B) nutrients are attached to small particles of sand or clay that leave the watershed.
C) nutrients evaporate now that vegetation is absent.
D) nutrients dissolve in the water running through the watershed.

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This is the only choice that is not a plausible reason for the result shown in the experiment. Nutrients do not evaporate just because vegetation is absent. The other choices are all valid reasons for the increase in nutrients in the water running through the watershed after vegetation was removed.

Based on the Experiment in the Figure Above, All of the Following