Homework+Questions+on+pesticides

Use your text book, KISS notes and suggested resources to answer the following questions

1) What are pesticides 2) __Outline__ the difference between a herbicide, an insecticide and a fungicide. 3) __Discuss__ the effect of continually introducing new pesticides into the environment on //**Discuss** Identify issues and provide points for and/or against.// i) non- target species ii)accumulation in individuals (bioaccumulation) and magnification in animals higher up the food chain (biomagnification) [|Biomagnification]



iii)human heath impacts [|Heath effects of pesticides] [|Dangers of pesticide use]. WWF Australia You Tube [|Pesticides linked to Parkinsons disease]

4)contrast bioaccumulation and biomagnification

5) pesticide Case Study. Go to the following site DDT Case Study Homework and complete all questions