A consumer eats 1000 J of food energy. The consumer uses 15 percent of the food energy for new biomass and the rest for metabolic processes and waste. Use this information to answer the following questions. SHOW YOUR CALCULATIONS ALONG WITH AN ANSWER WITH PROPER UNITS. 1. How many Joules of food energy were converted into new biomass?

2. How many Joules of food energy are converted to heat and excreted as waste?

3. What percentage of the food energy was converted to heat and excreted as waste?