Author Question: Environmental pollutants such as PCB's and the pesticide DDT are fat-soluble, non-biodegradable, and ... (Read 73 times)

Lisaclaire · **on:** Jul 16, 2018

Environmental pollutants such as PCB's and the pesticide DDT are fat-soluble, non-biodegradable, and contaminate oceans and other aquatic systems.

Plankton in the ocean become contaminated by these chemicals and pass them along through the food chain. A pregnant woman has been cautioned to limit her consumption of food that may be high in PCBs. If she consumes food from a nearby contaminated ocean, we would expect that the most contaminated foods would be A) shrimp.
B) clams.
C) fish that eat shrimp.
D) kelp and other ocean plants.

Question 2

If the sun's energy could be measured in units like money, which of the following organisms would be the most expensive to maintain?

A) A mushroom
B) A fox
C) A squirrel
D) A sunflower