Question

Is the correct answer 10 percent?

As one animal eats another animal, about ______ percent of the energy is lost as heat.

five

ten

twenty five

ninety

Answer 1

@Abhisar Am I correct on this one? Or is it 25?

Answer 2

d

Answer 3

Its 90% of what is consumed eventually dissipates as heat from chemical reactions such as those that happen when muscles work and those that produce the basic body temperature even when asleep. The reactions that keep you alive all lose some energy to heat.

Answer 4

10% is transferred

Answer 5

So 90% is lost !

Answer 6

So I was kind of half correct?

Answer 7

10% is still alive!!!

Answer 8

kinda..but there is nothing like half correct..it's either correct ot incorrect :D

Answer 9

But is the question asking how much energy is transported through each organism or is it asking how much is transferred to heat in general?

Answer 10

Because then it could be 90% or 10%.

Answer 11

I Just Explained It READ

Answer 12

Sorry :c

Answer 13

It's asking about how much energy is lost in between transfer from one tropic level to another.

Answer 14

So you can see that in every transaction between two tropic levels, 90% of energy is lost and only 10% is transferred. Getting it ?

Answer 15

OOOH I get it! But I thought the Law of Conservation of Energy said Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, or lost?

Am I completely wrong here? Sorry! >.<

Answer 16

I'm confusing myself I am so sorry for making this complicated.

Answer 17

The energy lost doesn't means it is destroyed. It just escaped from a particular system (living being) to other(Environment)

Answer 18

Its Okay I Didnt Get It At First To :)

Answer 19

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Answer 20

I meant Cant w.e

Answer 21

`Energy can't be destroyed neither be created !`
It only changes one form to another.

Answer 22

Oh ok I see. So the answer for my question in fact is not 10%,it is 90%?

Answer 23

yes !

Answer 24

I Said Its 90% 3 TIMES!!!

Answer 25

I am sorry! I am not here to cheat! I am here to learn and I wanted to be sure I actually understood everything!

Answer 26

it's ok...no need for sorry !
we are here to make u learn only..
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