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Question 8

DDT accumulates in the fatty tissues of animals and is transferred along food chains, Its concentration increases along each link of a food chain. Which of the following organisms would accumulate the highest concentration of DDT in a given food chain?

chicken (primary or secondary heterotroph)

OD wheat (producer)

eagle (predator)

Od grasshopper (herbivore)

The eagle (predator) would accumulate the highest concentration of DDT in a given food chain, as it is at the top of the food chain and consumes organisms that have already accumulated DDT from lower trophic levels.