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Biomagnification

Authored by Aryana DiPippa

Biology

12th Grade

NGSS covered

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Biomagnification
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Historically, _____ caused problems for birds because it made their eggs _____.

  1. PCBs, too thin

  1. PAHs, too thick

  1. mercury, deformed

  1. DDT, too thin

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does biomagnification put a top predator at a disadvantage?

Food is much harder to find the farther up the food chain you go.

Toxins and chemicals accumulate in the bodies of everything that was eaten by the food that you eat.

Toxins and chemicals bind to the tissue of larger animals better than smaller ones.

The loss of energy up the food chain is directly proportional to the amount of toxins taken up by the body.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain.

water pollution

thermal pollution

biomagnification

artificial eutrophication

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Identify the process shown in this diagram.

Extinction
Toxin Accumulation
Pollution
Biomagnification

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What do the small dots in the picture represent?

DDT 
Food
Energy
Biomass

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which organism in this diagram has the highest DDT concentration?

Zooplanktons
small fish
large fish
Fish-eating birds

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

One of the first widely used pesticides produced and was widely used because it was cheap, remained active for a long time, and killed many insect considered pests.

Baygon
Pyrethroids
Raid
DDT

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

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