When a rabbit eats the lettuce in your garden, the rabbit uses all of the energy in the lettuce. True or False?

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When a rabbit eats lettuce, it does use some of the energy in the lettuce for its own bodily functions, but it does not use all of it. Some of the energy is lost through processes such as respiration and digestion, and some of it is passed on to other organisms in the food chain when the rabbit is consumed by a predator.

When a Rabbit Eats the Lettuce in Your Garden, the Rabbit