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How much energy taken in (eaten) by a caterpillar would be transferred to the next trophic level of the caterpillar was eaten by a bird?
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How much energy taken in (eaten) by a caterpillar would be transferred to the next trophic level of the caterpillar was eaten by a bird?

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10% is transferred to the next trophic level.

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This is because the other 90% is lost as heat in the process of metabolic processes or for other basic life processes.

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