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The green plants in a terrestrial ecosystem capture about ______ of the energy of sunlight that falls on their leaves and convert it

into food energy.

14%

- Green plants, through photosynthesis, capture energy from sunlight.

- Not all captured sunlight is converted into food energy.

- Most energy is either reflected or lost as heat.

- Option 1: 5%

- Overestimates the typical energy conversion.

- Option 2: 14%

- Greatly overestimates; very high conversion rates are rare in natural settings.

- Option 3: 8%

- Also overestimates natural conversion rates.

- Option 4: 1%

- Generally accepted estimation for natural terrestrial ecosystems.

- Represents the average efficiency of photosynthesis.