When predators consume prey that contain a toxic material, such as mercury, they may end up with a high quantity of the material in their bodies that can affect their populations and public health if they are consumed. What is this process called?

Biomagnification

Concentration

Expansion

Mutation

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Colt Hobbs

Biology

11 February, 18:42

When predators consume prey that contain a toxic material, such as mercury, they may end up with a high quantity of the material in their bodies that can affect their populations and public health if they are consumed. What is this process called?

Biomagnification

Concentration

Expansion

Mutation

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Sheridan · Answer 1

A. Biomagnification

It is biomagnification because biomagnification means the concentration of toxins in an organism as a result of its ingesting other plants or animals in which the toxins are more widely disbursed.

When predators consume prey that contain a toxic material, such as mercury, they may end up with a high quantity of the material in their bodies that can affect their populations and public health if they are consumed. What is this process called?BiomagnificationConcentrationExpansionMutation