True or false: the sun's energy is transformed into chemical energy by producers through photosynthesis and passed inefficiently to consumers through feeding relationships.

True. The sun's energy is transformed into chemical energy by producers (such as plants) through the process of photosynthesis. This energy is then passed to consumers (herbivores and carnivores) through feeding relationships, but this transfer is indeed inefficient, as energy is lost at each trophic level due to metabolic processes, heat, and other factors.