What is the ultimate fate of the heat energy

released when chemical bonds are broken?



a. it is used to do metabolic work
b. it diffuses out of the ecosystem
c. it is recycled and reused
d. it is captured by other organisms further
down in the food chain
e. it is used to heat animal bodies


B

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