In a fossil fuel or nuclear electric generator, an energy source is used to boil water to form steam and this can cause what to happen to the river that receives its discharge water? ________________
A) Warm the water and kill fish and affect their reproductive cycles
B) Make the water toxic that causes fish kills
C) Increase the biodiversity of life downstream of the discharge
D) None of the above

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The discharge water is often at a higher temperature than the receiving body of water, which can harm or kill fish and other aquatic species and disrupt their reproductive cycles. This is known as thermal pollution.

In a Fossil Fuel or Nuclear Electric Generator, an Energy