The answer is A.
Why: The heart is part of an organism, so that doesn't exactly count. Soil is not alive, and neither is clay. Therefore, Bacteria must be it. Bacteria is a living thing, and can function by itself.
The correct answer is the ship beagle I think I spelled that right
Answer:
As a metabolic heat.
Explanation:
The loss of energy from one trophic level to the next in a food chain occurs because energy is lost in the form of heat when the organisms from one trophic level are consumed by organisms from the next level. Only 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to another while the remaining 90% energy is lost in the form of heat energy in the ecosystem.