CBSE Class 10 Science 2023 Outside Delhi Set 2

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If a harmful chemical enters in a food chain comprising peacock, plants, rats and snakes, which of these organisms is likely to have the highest concentration of the chemical in its body. Justify your answer. Name the process involved and define it.
Solution:  
The peacock will have maximum concentration of harmful chemicals in its body as the accumulation of harmful chemicals which are non-biodegradable increases at every trophic level. This phenomenon of increase in concentration of harmful chemicals at every trophic level is called bio-magnification. Since peacock are placed at top of this food chain so it will have maximum concentration of the harmful chemicals in its body.
Biological Magnification is the process in which a harmful chemical enters the food chain and gets concentrated at each trophic level.
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