Which of the following uses of pesticide can lead to ecological imbalance?
A) pesticides alter the genetic resistance in populations causing the pests to persist
B) pesticides kill prey thereby causing predators to starve or migrate. Then the prey population rebounds larger than before since predators are gone.
C) bioaccumulation of pesticides in animal tissue can lead to extinction of species.
D) pesticides show mobility, moving other than where they were applied inadvertently killing non-pest organisms.
E) All of the above
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Q50: Pesticides are effective in
A)decreasing the cost of
Q51: Integrated pest management incorporates all of the
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Q53: Which of the following is a benefit
Q55: Organisms at higher levels on food webs
Q56: Which of the following pesticides is incorrectly
Q57: Organic agriculture uses
A)limited amounts of narrow-spectrum pesticides
B)limited
Q58: What is a broad-spectrum pesticide?
A)a liquid pesticide
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