The amount of chemical energy in consumers' food that is converted to their own new biomass during a given time period is known as which of the following?
A) biomass
B) standing crop
C) biomagnification
D) primary production
E) secondary production

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The amount of chemical energy that consumers use to create their own new biomass is called secondary production. Options A, B, C, and D do not fit this definition. Biomass refers to the total mass of living organisms in a given area, standing crop refers to the amount of living matter present in a unit area at a particular time, biomagnification refers to the increase in concentration of certain substances in higher trophic levels, and primary production refers to the amount of chemical energy converted by autotrophs in a given time period.

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