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    The document describes how chemical pesticides applied to water can accumulate up the food chain, with the highest concentrations being found in organisms at the top of the food chain. The pesticide enters the water in a weak solution but is absorbed by microscopic plants. It accumulates in microscopic animals that eat the plants and small fish that eat the animals. Larger fish that eat several small fish concentrate more of the pesticide, and the grebe that eats several large fish ends up with a lethal dose of pesticide, even though the original application was a weak solution.

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    The document describes how chemical pesticides applied to water can accumulate up the food chain, with the highest concentrations being found in organisms at the top of the food chain. The pesticide enters the water in a weak solution but is absorbed by microscopic plants. It accumulates in microscopic animals that eat the plants and small fish that eat the animals. Larger fish that eat several small fish concentrate more of the pesticide, and the grebe that eats several large fish ends up with a lethal dose of pesticide, even though the original application was a weak solution.

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    DDT Worksheet

    Uploaded by

    Tharanga Hewabuhage
    The document describes how chemical pesticides applied to water can accumulate up the food chain, with the highest concentrations being found in organisms at the top of the food chain. The pesticide enters the water in a weak solution but is absorbed by microscopic plants. It accumulates in microscopic animals that eat the plants and small fish that eat the animals. Larger fish that eat several small fish concentrate more of the pesticide, and the grebe that eats several large fish ends up with a lethal dose of pesticide, even though the original application was a weak solution.

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    A Danger of Using Chemical Pesticides A Danger of Using Chemical Pesticides

    The pesticide makes The pesticide makes


    only a weak solution only a weak solution
    in the water, but in the water, but
    microscopic plants microscopic plants
    take it up. take it up.

    Each microscopic Each microscopic


    animal eats many animal eats many
    microscopic plants. microscopic plants.

    Each small fish eats Each small fish eats


    many microscopic many microscopic
    animals. animals.

    Each large fish eats Each large fish eats


    several small fish. several small fish.

    The grebe eats The grebe eats


    several large fish. several large fish.

    1. The boxes on the left-hand side show the concentration 1. The boxes on the left-hand side show the concentration
    of pesticide in the tissues of the different organisms. of pesticide in the tissues of the different organisms.
    Complete the rest of the boxes. Complete the rest of the boxes.
    2. How does the pesticide get into the water? 2. How does the pesticide get into the water?
    3. The small fish are not affected by the pesticide but the 3. The small fish are not affected by the pesticide but the
    grebe will die from it. Why? grebe will die from it. Why?

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