Thinking about biological magnification of toxins, is it healthier to feedat a lower or higher trophic level? Explain

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Q: Competitive exclusion is rarely observed in ecosystems. Propose an explanation for this.

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Q: A pest that could become a major pests when something change in the agroecosystem?

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Q: Increase in concentration of the toxicant at successive trophic levels is known as what?

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Q: using the literature, explain why this species is most common in habitat A.

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Q: Using 2 or more sentences, explain how a dilute toxin such as PCBS dissolved in a lake can reach…

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Q: Which of the following could be an effect of an excess ofsewage running into a freshwater…

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Q: By non availability of which thing the eutrophication of water bodies lead to kill fishes?

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Q: Propose a reason why the CO2 fluxes are greater for terrestrial biological activity than for marine…

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Q: Give 3 examples of microbial interaction a.) Predation b.) Commensalism

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Q: At which trophic level would you expect to find the highest concentration of a biomagnifying toxin?

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Q: n Eutrophication, excess nutrients can cause algal blooms. However, what happens when the algae…

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Q: Describe the causes and consequences ofeutrophication

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Q: Symbiotic relationships include both mutalism and parasitism. Give an example of a symbiotic…

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Q: Which of these occurs through symbiotic nitrogen fixation? a. The plant benefits from using an…

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Q: Which of the following would not be included in a description of an organism’s niche? a. its…

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Environmental effects

Environmental effect is the beneficial or adverse impact of human products, services, or activities on the environment. For example, the release of volatile organic compounds negatively affects the environment and causes smog formation. On the other hand, collecting litter and putting it in bins positively affects the environment.