Which of the following is not a direct fate of the energy flowing through photosynthesis?

Energy captured by photosynthesis can pass directly from plants to herbivores, or be used in cellular respiration and released as heat. Carnivores usually get that energy indirectly by eating other animals, rather than directly from the producers that photosynthesized. So “carnivores” is not a direct fate.

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