Question

When an organism eats food, energy becomes available for metabolic activities. In the process, some energy enters the environment as heat. According to the Law of Conservation of energy …a) energy which is given off as heat is not part of the total energy budget of the system b) some energy is lost; as no metabolic process is 100% efficient c) no energy is lost; the total amount of energy remains the samed) energy which is not immediately used by the organism cannot be stored and is lost

Answer 1

C) no energy is lost; the total amount of energy remains the same.

Step-by-step explanation

The law of conservation of energy states that "The energy can neither be created nor destroyed - only converted from one form of energy to another." Therefore some energy will be used for metabolism while the other can be used for other properties and some can be stored.