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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)
It is used for cell processes or released as heat.
It is added back to the soil by decomposers.
It is consumed and used by the consumer.
It is used by the producer to pass on to the next trophic level.
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It is used for cell processes or released as heat.
Most of the energy is lost to metabolism (movement, growth, reproduction), waste, and heat, so only about 10% is available to the next trophic level.
Most of the energy is lost to metabolism (movement, growth, reproduction), waste, and heat, so only about 10% is available to the next trophic level.
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