Use the scenario to answer the question A student writes two statements about the importance of soil.

1. Soil can act as a filter and keep pollutants out of groundwater

2. Soil can be used as a natural building material

Which of these describes whether the statements correctly describe the importance of soil?

Only Statement 1 correctly describes an importance of soil.

Only Statement 2 correctly describes an importance of soil

O Both Statements 1 and 2 correctly describe the
importance of soil

Neither Statement 1 nor 2 correctly describes the importance of soil