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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 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.

It is used for cell processes or released as heat.

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It is used for cell processes or released as heat.