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Use your understanding of how energy is transformed to explain where the energy that does not exist transfer between steps in a food chain "ends up."

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Energy that does not transfer between steps in a food chain is mostly lost as heat. Only about 10% of the energy at one trophic level is stored and transferred to the next trophic level.

Step-by-step explanation:

Energy that does not transfer between steps in a food chain is mostly lost as heat. As energy flows through a food chain, each organism uses some of the energy for its own needs, but a significant amount is released as heat during metabolism. Only about 10% of the energy at one trophic level is stored and transferred to the next trophic level. This means that the majority of the energy from each step in the food chain is lost and does not end up being transferred further.

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