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Here are just a few of the many reasons that modern ecosystems depend on animals:
Animals help to keep plant species from overcrowding each other by eating them. Many animals help to spread the seeds of plants, either by carrying them on their fur by accident, or by swallowing seeds they can't digest when they eat fruit and later depositing the seeds elsewhere in their excrement. Specific animals, especially bees, pollinate most modern species of flowering plants, allowing them to create seeds and reproduce. Animals help to recycle nutrients in the ecosystem so that plants can use them again (i.e., earthworms eat dead plant material, making its nutrients bioavailable for plants; all animals release carbon dioxide, which allows plants to make food; etc.). Additionally, some animals specifically alter the ecosystem allowing for certain plants to grow (i.e., beaver dams create wetlands, elephants clear trees allowing for more grasses and shrubs to grow in the savanna, etc).
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Why are animals important to the ecosisitem?
Animals are important to the ecosystem because some animals eat other animals that if there were too many of them they would destroy the environment.
How do tsunamis devastate an ecosystem?
by destroying homes of important animals
Why is diversity is important for ecosystem?
diversity is important in ecosystems because if there wasn't some animals, other animals would die.
Are sea otters important?
Yes. All animals balance the ecosystem.
Why are the American crocodile important?
Because they eat animals and balance out their ecosystem.
Why is the amount of sunlight important to the animals in an ecosystem?
The amount of sunlight is important to the organisms in an ecosystem because it affects the amount of producers. This affects them because they eat the producers.
What type of big cats gives contribution in ecosystem?
any animal in a ecosystem is extremely important. any animals removed OR introduced into a ecosystem will have serious consequences
What are ecosystem called?
Ecosystems in the ocean are called marine ecosystems. Plankton is important to the marine ecosystem because they are food for many animals.
Why are leopards important to their surroundings?
They are important to any ecosystem in which they live in because they keep the balance of animals by being a dominant predator.
Is it bad if we lose polar bears and sea animals?
Of course it is. They are part of an important ecosystem and the foodchain. Polar bears are majestic animals.
Why are scavengers and decompose-rs important in an ecosystem?
The decomposers and scavengers are important in the ecosystem because they get rid of the dead bodies of animals that normally would take 5 years (plus or minus) to decompose.
Why is it important to maintain a healthy ecosystem?
This is important to be able to create the balance in the habitat. To maintain the healthof the ecosystem will allow for a healthy balance between plant, animals and man. This is a cycle that should be maintained.
