The ten-percent rule states

that ten percent of the energy
from a trophic level is
transferred from one trophic
level to the next. What
happens to ninety percent of
the energy? (1 point)
It is all used by
the organism for
cellular
processes.
It is transferred
to a different
trophic level.
It is mostly lost
as heat or
becomes
detritus.
It is released into
the atmosphere
as carbon
dioxide.

It is mostly lost as heat or becomes detritus.