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What is biological magnification? Will the levels of this magnification be different at different levels of the ecosystem?

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(1) The tendency of polluntants to concentrate as they more from one trophic level to the next trophic level is known as biomagnification.
(2) Plant absorb pesticides, heavy metals from the soil.
(3) The primary consumes when eat these plants the remaining of pesticides and heavy metals enter their bodies.
(4). As these chemicals are not degradable,, they accumulate int he bodies of organisms of al trophic levels in the food chain.
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