Q. The term ‘biomagnification’ refers to the
A) Growth of organisms due to food consumption
B) Increase in population size
C) Blowing up of environmental issues by man
D) Increasing in the concentration of non-degradable pollutants as they pass through food chain
Explanation
The phenomenon of increasing concentration of harmful substances inside the body of organism at successive trophic level is known as biomagnification. The pesticides, DDT, inorganic nitrate and non-degradable pollutants enter into the body of plants and animals through food chain.
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