Question: Most nutrients are washed into ocean water from land. Therefore, water closer to shore tends to have more nutrients.  Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are second or first ):   Dave is taking water samples from various parts of Lake Erie. He takes the first sample very far from the shore line. The second sample he takes from the edge of the lake. He expects that the second or first sample will have more nutrients in it/?
Answer:
second