If a harmful chemical enters a food chain comprising cat, mice and plants, which one of these organisms is likely to have the maximum concentration of the harmful chemical in its body?

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If a harmful chemical enters a food chain comprising Cat is likely to have the maximum concentration of the harmful chemical in its body.

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A food chain comprises of cat, seed-eating bird, plants, and dog. The organism which will have the maximum concentration of harmful pesticides coming through the food chain is most likely to be :(a) cat (b) plants (c) dog (d) seed-eating bird
Name the process in which a harmful chemical enters the food chain and gets concentrated at each trophic level.
In a food chain consisting of grass, frog, bird and insects, where will the concentration of the harmful chemicals be maximum?
The harmful chemical which is accumulating in human beings through food chain is :(a) benzene hexachloride (b) dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane(c) chlorofluorocarbon (d) abscisic acid
Which organisms belong to third and fourth trophic levels in the food chain comprising the following? Rats, Plants, Hawk, Snakes
What is a fertilizer? Is the use of chemical fertilizer beneficial or harmful?
In addition to wheat plants, a crop field ecosystem has organisms such as snake, peacock, eagle, and mice. If the wheat plants are sprayed with pesticides periodically, which of the following will have the minimum concentration of pesticides in the body?(a) snake (b) eagle (c) mice (d) peacock
Construct a food chain comprising the following : Snakes, Hawk, Rats, Plants
A food chain consists of fish, larvae, phytoplankton, and birds. The level of pesticides in water in which the fish, larvae, and phytoplanktons live is quite high.(a) In which organisms the pesticides enter from the polluted water? What is this level of organisms known as?(b) Which organism will have the maximum amount of pesticides accumulated through the food chain? What is this process known as?(c) Write the food chain comprising all the organisms mentioned above.(d) Which other organism you could write in place of bird in the above food chain?
The sea water contains water beetles, tadpole, fish and weeds.(a) Write a food chain comprising all the given organisms.(b) Which organisms in the food chain are (i) herbivore, and (ii) carnivores?(c) Which organisms are (i) predators, and (ii) prey?(d) Which organisms can trap solar energy to make food?(e) Which organism is a secondary consumer?
Which category of organisms forms the starting point of a food chain?
Name the organisms belonging to the second and the fourth trophic levels in the food chain comprising the following : Frogs, Plants, Snakes, Hawk, Insects
Potable watercannot have smellhas impuritieshas harmful chemicalshas micro-organisms
Write the full form of CFC. Give its one harmful effect.
What is meant by biological magnification? With the help of a food chain, explain how biological magnification of harmful chemicals can occur.

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