When a consumer eats a producer, 10 percent of the producer’s energy is passed on to the consumer trophic level. What happens to the other 90 percent?(1 point)

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It is used by the producer to pass on to the next trophic level.
It is used by the producer to pass on to the next trophic level.

It is consumed and used by the consumer.
It is consumed and used by the consumer.

It is added back to the soil by decomposers.
It is added back to the soil by decomposers.

It is used for cell processes or released as heat.

It is used for cell processes or released as heat.