Question
When a consumer eats a producer 10% of the producers energy is passed on to the consumer trophic level what happens to the other 90%?
A)it is used by the producer to pass on the next trophic level
B) it is used for cell, processes or released as heat.
C) it is consumed and used by the consumer
D) it is added back to the soil by decomposers
A)it is used by the producer to pass on the next trophic level
B) it is used for cell, processes or released as heat.
C) it is consumed and used by the consumer
D) it is added back to the soil by decomposers
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct answer is B) it is used for cell processes or released as heat.
In ecological terms, when energy is transferred between trophic levels, only about 10% of the energy is typically passed on to the next level (known as the 10% rule). The remaining 90% of the energy is used by the organism for metabolic processes, growth, reproduction, and maintenance, or it is lost as heat.
In ecological terms, when energy is transferred between trophic levels, only about 10% of the energy is typically passed on to the next level (known as the 10% rule). The remaining 90% of the energy is used by the organism for metabolic processes, growth, reproduction, and maintenance, or it is lost as heat.