A pesticide which is a chlorinated hydrocarbon is sprayed on a food crop. The food chain is: Food crop – Rat -Snake – Hawk. In this food chain, the highest concentration of the pesticide would accumulate in which one of the following

Explanation

The highest concentration of the pesticide would accumulate in the hawk. Chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides such as DDT are persistent and tend to accumulate in the fatty tissues of organisms. This process is known as biomagnification, where the concentration of the pesticide increases as it moves up the food chain.