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it goes away where else would it go

ANS#2 It (usually) re-enters the food chain at a different trophic level. As an example: the energy stored in a dead bird powers the insects that eat it.

As organization breaks down, so does the energy being released or it is utilized by another organism...it takes time ( example: rigor mortis )

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Energy that is consumed by organisms is expended by cell reproduction and/or repair and most bodily functions. Also energy used is converted into heat which helps us warm-blooded animals stay warm.

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The animal that eats the dead animal or plant gains some of the energy. Unless its not eaten or taken care of, it becomes oil far far in the future.

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Eventually it dissapates into space as heat. (Thats on a very long time scale...)

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the energy absorbed by the organisms become lesser as it goes at the top of an energy pyramid

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in sunlight because every thing converts back

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it is stored in the soil

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idk :( somone help

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