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 by the producer to pass on to the next trophic level.
It is added back to the soil by decomposers.
It is used for cell processes or released as heat.
It is consumed and used by the consumer.
It is used for cell processes or released as heat.
Secondary and tertiary consumers have to consume a lot more food to support themselves, so there are fewer of them.
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Species C, a plant from Japan, was introduced as a foliage crop and to reduce soil erosion. It grows up to a foot per day, smothering low-growing plants and killing trees.
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The correct answer is: It is used for cell processes or released as heat.
The other 90 percent of the producer's energy is not directly passed on to the consumer trophic level. Instead, it is used by the producer for its own cell processes or released as heat through metabolic activities such as respiration. This means that only 10 percent of the energy that the producer originally obtained from the sun or other energy source is available to be transferred to the next level of the food chain. This concept is known as the 10% energy transfer rule.