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Look at it this way:-
- All life needs energy, to grow, move, reproduce etc.
- The source of this energy is the light from our local star (the Sun).
- Animals can not make thir own food or use of sunlight directly - they obtain the energy they need by eating plants or other animals that eat plants. Animals are consumers.
- Plants however can make direct use of sunlight, their green leaves trap the sunlight and store the energy of the sunlight as chemical energy in sugars which they produce. Plants are therefore called producers.
Thus as you can see plants form the basis of the energy supply for all animals.
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As we know all food chains begin from plants.thus,directly or indirectly all animals depend on the plant for their food.
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Why will there be a shortage of food if plants and animals become extinct?
If all animals go extinct there will be no need for food!
Why do animals depend on plants?
plants depend on animals for pollination and seed dispersal.insectivorous plants depend on insects for their food.
Is slug a insect?
Yes! All plants and animals are in the food chain, because all plants and animals eat and are eaten.
Names of animals that are dependent on plants for their food?
all herbivores like cows, goats, sheep, elephants depend on plants for their food. if we consider a food pyramid, then we can infer that even a decomposer is indirectly dependant on the primary producers- plants
How do animals depend on the plants?
Animals depend on plants because plants are the primary producers of food. All the food available on earth is indirectly derived from plants. Plants are the only living beings that can convert inorganic molecules into important carbon compounds. It is these compounds that are further broken down inside the body of secondary and tertiary consumers to obtain energy. We term the sources of energy as food. Besides food, plants invariably purify the atmosphere by releasing oxygen- the indispensable component of respiration.
Who needs more food plants or animals?
Plants make more of their own food but animals need more food. This is because the metabolic rate is higher in animals.
What will happen when the plants and animals are destroyed?
we all die! because they will be no food, it is in the food chain!it kindof depends if animals die first well we wont die automaticle,because we have plants to eat.BUT IFALL PLANTS DIE WE WILL ALL DIE WITHIN 2 MONTHS
How do plants help support the life of the people?
People are "animals". Animals can not make their own food they have to eat other animals and or plants to survive. Plants can make their own food (from air, water and sunlight) - they are the basis of all food - without plants there could be no animals.
Why will there be a shortage of food if plants and animals become extinct?
If all animals go extinct there will be no need for food!
Could carnivores live if all plants became extinctWhy or Why not?
The survival of carnivores would be highly challenging if all plants became extinct. Without plants, there would be no primary producers, disrupting the entire food chain. Carnivores rely on herbivores as their prey, and without herbivores, carnivores would have limited food resources, leading to a reduced population and potential extinction.
In which way do all animals need plants need for survival?
All animals need plants for survival because plants make food and oxygen. we all need oxygen to breathe and the plants I'm sure you know take the carbon dioxide in the air and make it into oxygen. and as for food some animals eat leaves and plants also make food like berries that we and animals eat too. :)
Why do animals depend on plants?
plants depend on animals for pollination and seed dispersal.insectivorous plants depend on insects for their food.
How do plants provide energy and nutrients to other organism?
Herbivore animals eat the plants as food and carnivores eat those herbivore animals as food. Therefore, in a way, all animals depend on plants for their energy requirement.
Are all animals directly or indirectly independent for there food?
Animals are all dependant on other organisms for food - either plants or other animals. This is because they are heterotrophs; they cannot produce their own nutrients.Plants on the other hand, are autotrophs. They take in sunlight and convert it directly into sugars or "plant food".
How soil erosion affect peoples lives?
what I think is all the plants die because there are no more nutrients and soil and the animals have no food then the people have no food because all the food we get is from animals,well not all of them cuz some come from plants
What is different about animals and plants?
Simply the only difference is that plants have green leaves that can make there own food. Animals and plants all move, grow and reproduce
Do many living things get food from other living things?
Green plants make food from sunlight. All animals get their food by eating plants (living things) or animals (also living things)
