Non-persistent pesticides like organophosphates and carbamates
A) will be far less likely to cause biomagnification and bioamplification than persistent pesticides.
B) will produce fatal toxic effects in all producers and low-level consumers that are exposed.
C) target only the pest species; there are no non-target kills.
D) produce resistance in pest predators but not in the pests themselves.
Question 2
In the processes of pesticide biomagnification and bioaccumulation impacting a food chain
A) the pesticide has to be non-biodegradable (persistent) for the processes to occur.
B) the greatest levels of mortality are in the producers and first level consumers.
C) the concentrations may not be fatal if the top consumers are very small.
D) consumers at the top of the food chain will develop rapid pesticide resistance.
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