Biomagnification and Bioaccumulation

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

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

• water

• salt

• pesticides

• mercury

• insecticides

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

In which organism would biomagnification be the most concentrated? (Remember the lab: Rabbits eat the grass, the snake eats the rabbit, the hawk eats the snake--the hawk is the apex predator)

• grass

• rabbit

• snake

• hawk

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which organism would have the most bioaccumulation?

• eucalyptus tree

• wombats

• kookaburras

• koalas

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

In what year were the most toxins present in smallmouth bass?

• 2000

• 2002

• 2004

• 2005

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Pesticides and herbicides eventually show up in higher-level consumers (i.e. as you go up the food chain) due to

• biomagnification

• climate change

• habitat destruction

• bioaccumulation

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Toxin concentrations _____________ as you go up the food chain.

• do not change

• increase

• decrease

Which consumer is the most affected by toxins like mercury?

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Apex Predator

• Producers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

"Only humans make waste nature cannot digest." What did the captain mean by this?

• Nature cannot recycle or reuse much of the trash humans produce.

• Nature is great at recycling or reusing most of the trash humans produce.

• Humans are poor at recycling.

• Humans are poor at disposing of trash.

Which statement best reflects the reality of human recycling and trash disposal.

• Recycling and proper trash disposal are not my responsibility. We have sanitation workers.

• Recycling and trash disposal are way too expensive. Polluting nature is just a sad reality we can't really do anything about.

• If humans put their minds to it, we could solve most of our recycling and trash disposal problems. Maybe not all, but anything is better than doing nothing.

• There really is no point in trying to recycle or dispose of trash properly. There is no way to solve the problem or make it better.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4