What is bioaccumulation? Select one: a. Build-up of a chemical in an organism. b. Build-up of a chemical in an organism by ingesting the chemical through water only. c. Build-up of a chemical in a food chain. d. Build-up of a chemical in the environment (since the chemical cannot degrade in through normal environmental processes).

What is bioaccumulation? Select one: a. Build-up of a chemical in an organism. b. Build-up of a chemical in an organism by ingesting the chemical through water only. c. Build-up of a chemical in a food chain. d. Build-up of a chemical in the environment (since the chemical cannot degrade in through normal environmental processes).

Chemistry: Matter and Change

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078746376

Author:Dinah Zike, Laurel Dingrando, Nicholas Hainen, Cheryl Wistrom

Publisher:Dinah Zike, Laurel Dingrando, Nicholas Hainen, Cheryl Wistrom

Chapter1: Introduction To Chemistry

Section: Chapter Questions

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