As energy is passed through the food chain, some of the energy is lost as heat. What is the approximate amount of energy that is passed from one trophic level to the next?(1 point)

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75 percent
75 percent
50 percent
50 percent
10 percent
10 percent
15 percent

Answer 1

The approximate amount of energy that is passed from one trophic level to the next is about 10 percent. This concept is often referred to as the 10% Rule in ecology, where only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is available to the next level, while the rest is lost as heat and through metabolic processes.