Question

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)
Responses

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 used for cell processes or released as heat.
It is used for cell processes or released as heat.

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

It is added back to the soil by decomposers.

Answer 1

It is used for cell processes or released as heat. Energy is expended on metabolism, movement, growth, etc., and much is lost as heat rather than transferred to the next trophic level.