In a food chain, with each feeding relationship, the energy transferred from one organism to another will(1 point)

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In a food chain, with each feeding relationship, the energy transferred from one organism to another will typically decrease. This loss of energy occurs because not all energy from the consumed organism is converted into biomass; some energy is lost as heat during metabolic processes, and some is used for other life processes like movement, growth, and reproduction. Generally, only about 10% of the energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next, which is known as the 10% rule in ecology.