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)

Question

Responses

It is used for cell processes or released as heat.
It is used for cell processes or released as heat.
It is added back to the soil by decomposers.
It is added back to the soil by decomposers.
It is consumed and used by the consumer.
It is consumed and used by the consumer.
It is used by the producer to pass on to the next trophic level.

Answer 1

The correct response is:

It is used for cell processes or released as heat.

In energy transfer within an ecosystem, only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is passed on to the next level, while the remaining energy is used by the organism for metabolic processes or lost as heat.