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Why is the 10% rule important within an ecosystem/food chain?

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the 10% rule means that when energy is passed in an ecosystem from in trophies level to the next , only 10 percent of the energy will be passed on. but ten percent of the energy in organic matter is stored as flesh , the remains is lost during transfer. or broken down in reespirations.
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