Bioaccumulation Lesson

From the figure, Identify a producer:

• Oak Tree Leaves

• Caterpillar

• Threecreeper

• Hawk

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From the figure, identify the third trophic level:

• Hawk

• Caterpillar

• Treecreeper

• Oak Tree Leaves

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From the figure, identify the secondary consumer:

• Hawk

• Treecreeper

• Caterpillar

• Oak Tree leaves

Pollutants (Mercury, PCB, DDT's) are easily removed from aquatic ecosystems.

• True

• False

 

If a mouse eats poison, will it affect the snake's health when it eats the mouse.

• True

• False

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What is a food chain?

• The rage of organisms living in an area.

• A diagram showing a set of linked food chains.

• A diagram that shows the transfer of energy between organisms.

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What is bioaccumulation?

• A habitat in which some animals live in.

• Lots of food webs joined together from a specific ecosystem.

• When toxins accumulate in living organisms' bodies.

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When you consume an organism, you only receive 10% of the energy, but how much of the toxins do you receive?

• All of the toxins

• 10% toxins

• 1% toxins

• None of the toxins

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What are examples of toxins? (choose all that apply)

• water

• salt

• pesticides

• mercury

• insecticides

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Which organism would have the most bioaccumulation?

• eucalyptus tree

• wombats

• kookaburras

• koalas

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