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 consumed and used by the consumer.
• It is added back to the soil by decomposers.
• It is used by the producer to pass on to the next trophic level.
• It is used for cell processes or released as heat.

It is used for cell processes or released as heat.