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Lisaclaire

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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


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kardosa007

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B


Lisaclaire

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Reply 2 on: Jul 16, 2018
Gracias!

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Wow, this really help

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