Multiple Choice
Assimilation efficiency is
A) the proportion of energy ingested that is not lost to respiration.
B) the proportion of energy ingested that is assimilated.
C) the proportion of assimilated energy that is not lost as waste material.
D) the proportion of assimilated energy that goes to production.
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