Approximately what percentage of the energy from sunlight is converted into gross primary production?
A) 10 percent
B) 0.8 percent
C) 25 percent
D) 100 percent
E) 5 percent

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Only about 0.8 percent of the energy from sunlight is converted into gross primary production by photosynthetic organisms. This low efficiency is due to the limitations of photosynthetic processes and the fact that not all wavelengths of light can be used for photosynthesis.

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