2017 · Q106
The term Biomagnification is referred to as
general-sciencebiotech-environment-science
- Aincrease in the body weight
- Buncontrolled growth of harmful organisms
- Caccumulation of increasing amount of non-degradable pollutant through food chain
- Dincrease in the number of bacteria in a culture medium
Explanation
Biomagnification is the increasing accumulation of non-degradable pollutants – e.g., DDT or mercury – at successive trophic levels of a food chain. It is not about body weight, bacterial growth or culture media. Hence (C).