UGC NET Environmental Science Q38

Question

Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Biomagnification occures when the toxic burden of large number of organisms at higher trophic level is accumulated and concentrated in the organisms at lower trophic level.
Statement II: The effect of toxins are magnified in the environment through food webs.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

Accepted Answer

Statement I is false but Statement II is true