Beneficial Insects: Bugs Helping Plants Survive
Insects play a vital role in many natural processes around the world. They help pollinate flowers, break down dead things, and provide food for many animals and people.Beneficial Insects:…
Around the world, animals work with other living things to create unique and balanced ecosystems. Bees help plants make seeds. Birds scatter seeds so plants can grow. Gophers loosen the soil, letting water and nutrients easily reach roots. Cleaner fish keep other fish healthy by eating parasites. But today, some of these systems are at risk of disappearing. Team Earth investigates the amazing ways that animals help their environments and humans, and shows what people can do to protect them. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Insects play a vital role in many natural processes around the world. They help pollinate flowers, break down dead things, and provide food for many animals and people.Beneficial Insects:…
When living things die, it is important that they get broken down. Scavengers help break dead things into smaller pieces. Decomposers can then turn those pieces into nutrients for the soil.…
Some animals burrow into the ground, letting air and water reach plants' roots. Others build nests in which to raise young. When they're grown, other animals can reuse the nest. Ecosystem…
Many animals move pollen from one flower to another. This helps flowers make seeds to grow new plants. Pollinators: Animals Helping Plants Thrivelooks at how pollinators make the world a…
Plants grow from seeds. Many seeds have a better chance at growing if they are carried some distance away from the parent plant. Animals might eat seeds and poop them out. Or seeds might get…
Some plants and animals could not survive without a close relationship with another living thing. Symbiotic Relationships: Animals and Plants Working Togetherlooks at the amazing…