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Environment › Ecological Theory

Environment › Ecological Theory

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?

Options

(a)

Food crop

(b)

Rat

(c)

Snake

(d)

Hawk

Answer

(D)