Which one of the following is called marine snowfall ........

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Which one of the following is called marine snowfall?

Fall of snowflakes on sea surface.

Fall of hail on sea surface.

Continuous fall of snow pillets on ocean floors.

Continuous fall of tiny marine sediments on ocean floors.

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Explanation:

In the deep ocean, marine snow is a continuous shower of mostly organic detritus falling from the upper layers of the water column. It is a significant means of exporting energy from the light-rich photic zone to the aphotic zone below. The term was first coined by the explorer William Beebe as he observed it from his bathysphere.