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If an organism consumes more food than it uses for energy, what happens to the extra food energy?

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Answer: Energy Flow Through an Ecosystem

Secondary and tertiary consumers, omnivores and carnivores, follow in the subsequent sections of the pyramid. At each step up the food chain, only 10 percent of the energy is passed on to the next level, while approximately 90 percent of the energy is lost as heat.

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