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- living oceans: food web
approximately, how much energy is passed on from level to level in a food chain? select one answer.
100%
50%
90%
10%
Brief Explanations
In a food chain, energy transfer follows the 10% rule. Most energy (about 90%) is lost as heat or used for metabolic processes like respiration, growth, and reproduction at each trophic level. Only approximately 10% of the energy is passed on to the next level.
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