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A farmer sprays a field with pesticide, but some blows into a nearby forest. Plants in the forest are covered with pesticides and some washes into a creek. Insects and small mammals eat the ground plants. Fish in the creek absorb the pesticide. A black bear eats the insects and fish. Which of these is at highest risk from bioaccumulation of pesticide residues? • The insects and small mammals • The farmer • The fish • The bear

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Description: a farmer sprays a field with pesticide but some blows into a nearby forest plants in the forest are covered with pesticides and some washes into a creek insects and small mammals eat the gro 08521

          A farmer sprays a field with pesticide, but some blows into a nearby forest. Plants in the forest are covered with pesticides and some washes into a creek. Insects and small mammals eat the ground plants. Fish in the creek absorb the pesticide. A black bear eats the insects and fish.
Which of these is at highest risk from bioaccumulation of pesticide residues?
• The insects and small mammals
• The farmer
• The fish
• The bear

a farmer sprays a field with pesticide but some blows into a nearby forest plants in the forest are covered with pesticides and some washes into a creek insects and small mammals eat the gro 08521

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A farmer sprays a field with pesticide, but some blows into a nearby forest. Plants in the forest are covered with pesticides and some washes into a creek. Insects and small mammals eat the ground plants. Fish in the creek absorb the pesticide. A black bear eats the insects and fish. Which of these is at highest risk from bioaccumulation of pesticide residues? • The insects and small mammals • The farmer • The fish • The bear