30.7k views
1 vote
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

User Yjsoon
by
8.6k points

2 Answers

3 votes
No. Only 10% of the energy is transferred, and the rest is lost as heat.
User Kafran
by
8.4k points
3 votes
Not quite, 90% of what is consumed eventually dissipates as heat through chemical reactions.
User Mahdi Jedari
by
8.1k points

No related questions found

Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.