A chipmunk consumes 1000 J of energy from food, excretes 177

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A chipmunk consumes 1000 J of energy from food, excretes 177 J as waste, and converts 784 J to heat via metabolism. Use the information above to complete the problems. 1. How many joules of energy are available to convert into new biomass? 2. What percentage of the total energy was available to become new growth? 3. What percentage of the total energy consumed was converted to forms that were unusable to the chipmunk? 4. Write an equation that supports the idea that energy is conserved in this example.