FORESTRY
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
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Question
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Only 10 percent of the energy stored in an organism can be passed on to the next trophic level. Of the remaining energy, some is used for the organism’s life processes, and the rest is
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Used in reproduction
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Stored as body fat
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Stored as body tissue
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Eliminated as heat
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -As little as 10 percent of the energy at any trophic level is transferred to the next level; the rest is lost largely through metabolic processes as heat.
Detailed explanation-2: -So, the correct answer is ‘chemical energy’.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is the 10 percent law of energy flow? The 10 percent law of energy flow states that when the energy is passed on from one trophic level to another, only 10 percent of the energy is passed on to the next trophic level.
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