Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4 in the passage:

"Throughout the world, plastic bags are responsible for suffocation and deaths of woodland animals as well as (4) ______ soil nutrients."

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4 in the passage:

"Throughout the world, plastic bags are responsible for suffocation and deaths of woodland animals as well as (4) ______ soil nutrients."

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**Solution:**

1. The sentence discusses the harmful effects of plastic bags on the environment, specifically mentioning deaths of woodland animals and an effect on soil nutrients.

2. The word needed should describe a negative impact on soil nutrients.

3. "Accumulating" means gathering or collecting, which does not fit the context of harm.

4. "Inhibiting" means hindering or preventing, which fits perfectly as plastic bags prevent the proper functioning or availability of soil nutrients.

5. "Demanding" means requiring something, which is unrelated here.

6. "Converting" means changing from one form to another, which does not fit the context.

**Answer:** inhibiting

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