BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
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It is the increased concentration of a toxin in organisms as it moves along the food chain.
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It is the buildup of a toxin within an individual organisms
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It is the transition from a pre-industrial country to an industrialized country
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Movement of a chemical compound across ecosystem boundaries by migrating species
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It is the ecological succession to a climax community from disturbed land area.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Biomagnification, also known as bioamplification or biological magnification, is the increase in concentration of a substance, e.g a pesticide, in the tissues of organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain.
Detailed explanation-2: -The increase in the concentration of harmful substances, such as pesticides, in the body of living organisms at each level of a food chain is called biological magnification. Chemical substances such as pesticides are sprayed over crop plants to protect them from pests and diseases.
Detailed explanation-3: -Biomagnification happens when toxic chemicals, like DDT, whose remains in the environment are consumed indirectly by organisms through food. When an organism in the higher food chain consumes the lower organism containing such chemicals, the chemicals can get accumulated in the higher organism.
Detailed explanation-4: -Biomagnification, also known as bioamplification or biological magnification or bioaccumulation, is the increasing concentration of a substance such as a toxic chemical in the tissues of organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain.
Detailed explanation-5: -the increase in concentration of substances along the food chain.