What is bioaccumulation? from Biology Environmental Issues

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121.

The true statement about 'green-house effect' is that it is caused by :

  • CO2 only

  • SO2 only

  • CO2 and SO2

  • CO2, CFC, CH4 and NO2 gases


122.

Soil carried by gravity is

  • alluvial

  • eolian

  • colluvial

  • glacial


123.

Which of the following is not a Green-house gas?

  • N2O

  • CFC

  • O3

  • CO2


124.

Freon gas causing stratospheric O3 depletion is mainly released from

  • refrigerator

  • automobile

  • thermal power plant

  • steel industry


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125.

Which of the following diseases is related to cadmium pollution?

  • Minamata

  • Pneumoconiosis

  • Anaemia

  • Itai- Itai


126.

Nutrient enrichment of a lake will cause

  • eutrophication

  • stratification

  • biomagnification

  • bioaccumulation


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127.

What is bioaccumulation?


The accumulation of toxic substances at the rate greater than at which the same substance is lost by an organism is called bioaccumulation.

Biomagnification is the process by which non- biodegradable chemicals become more concentrated in each link of food chain.


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128.

SO2 pollution is indicated by

  • Desmodium (grasses)

  • Sphagnum (mosses)

  • Usnea (lichens)

  • Cucurbita (climbers)


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129.

Which one of the following is mainly responsible for green houses effect?

  • SO2

  • CO2

  • CO

  • O2


130.

For a clean environment, which one following is not essential?

  • Producer

  • Consumer

  • Decomposer

  • Polluter


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