After Reading the Paragraph Below, Answer the Questions That Follow

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Multiple Choice

After reading the paragraph below, answer the questions that follow.
California condors, large, predatory birds that were previously on the edge of extinction, have benefited from a program that raises birds in captivity and then releases them into the wild. The reintroduction program, however, is having variable success.
-Which of the following could best explain how condor reproduction along the coast is being harmed by DDT in the condors' foods now, even though DDT was banned in 1972?

• A)Condors may be feeding on animals that contain DDT.
• B)Eggshells are made of a material that accumulates tiny amounts of DDT from the environment.
• C)A chemical company dumped a large amount of DDT in the ocean near Southern California.
• D)Condors are very large and long-lived animals.

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