Question

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 process, and the rest is...

A) Used in reproduction
B) Stored as body tissue
C) Stored as fat
D) Eliminated as heat

Answer 1

The answer is eliminated as heat.

Metabolism is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms. The three main purposes of metabolism are the conversion of food/fuel to energy to run cellular processes, the conversion of food/fuel to building blocks for proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and some carbohydrates, and the elimination of nitrogenous wastes.