BIO MAG AND ACCUMULATION

Question 1

Bio magnification

Answer 1

Arises through Consumption of organisms containing bioaccumulated chemicals or heavy metals. The pollutants transfer to the consumer and move through the food chain

Question 2

Biaccumalation

Answer 2

The gradual buildup over time of a chemical or heavy metal in the living organisms, through absorption via skin gills or lungs. Buildup of cars either because the chemicals taken up at a rate faster than it can be used or excreted, Or because the chemical or heavy metal cannot be metabolised