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Cerise is a schoolteacher. She is teaching her students that chemicals dumped in the ocean have adverse consequences on humans. She explains how the chemicals travel through the trophic levels and magnify at each level, ultimately reaching humans at dangerously high levels. Which phenomenon is Cerise teaching?

A. food chain
B. food web
C. ecological pyramid
D. bioaccumulation
E. isolated ecological system



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Final answer:

Bioaccumulation is the process of toxic substances increasing in concentration at each trophic level, leading to adverse effects on organisms.


Explanation:

Bioaccumulation is the phenomenon being taught by Cerise. It refers to the increasing concentration of persistent, toxic substances in organisms at each successive trophic level. An example of this is the pesticide DDT accumulating in birds and causing adverse effects on bird populations.


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