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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10 percent
10 percent

15 percent
15 percent

75 percent
75 percent

50 percent
50 percent

Answer 1

The approximate amount of energy that is passed from one trophic level to the next in an ecological pyramid is about 10 percent. This concept is known as the "10 percent rule," which states that typically only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is transferred to the next level, while the rest is lost as heat and through metabolic processes.