When a consumer eats a producer, 10 percent of the producer’s energy is passed on to the consumer trophic level. What happens to the other 90 percent?(1 point)

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It is added back to the soil by decomposers.
It is added back to the soil by decomposers.

It is used by the producer to pass on to the next trophic level.
It is used by the producer to pass on to the next trophic level.

It is consumed and used by the consumer.
It is consumed and used by the consumer.

It is used for cell processes or released as heat.

Answer 1

The correct response is:

It is used for cell processes or released as heat.

In ecological energy transfer, only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is passed on to the next level, while the remaining 90% is typically used for metabolic processes or lost as heat.