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BotanyEnvironmental IssuesPollutionEasy2 minPYQ_2020
BotanyEasysingle choice

Which of the following are correctly matched?

I. Arsenic poisoning - Black foot disease
II. Secondary effluent treatment - Biological process
III. Pyrolysis - Solid soil waste disposal
IV.Tubifex- Water pollution indicator
V. Biomagnification - Degradable pollutants

Options:

Answer:
D
Solution:

Biomagnification or biological amplification is the passing of non-degradable pollutants like pesticides (DDT), etc, into the food chain and increase in amount per unit weight of organisms with the rise in trophic level due to accumulation in the body.

Stream:NTA_ABHYAS_NEETSubject:BotanyTopic:Environmental IssuesSubtopic:Pollution
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