Question

The increasing concentration of a toxic substance in the tissues of organisms at successively higher levels in the food chain is known as ___.

• A. biomagnification
• B. bioamplification
• C. bioaccumulation
• D. all of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is D all of the above

Biomagnification, also known as bioamplification or biological magnification or bioaccumulation, is the increasing concentration of a substance such as a toxic chemical in the tissues of organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain.