What role do earthworms play in the environment?

Answer 1

Earthworms eat leaves and grass. They dig holes in the ground. They let air circulate under the ground. Because earthworms eat the leaves that fall off the trees, the forest floor is not covered with dead leaves 20 feet high. Instead the earthworms start the leaves decomposing and on their way to making new soil. The earthworms also dig tunnels in the ground. This lets the roots of plants breathe. The roots of plants have difficulty breathing in hard packed soil. Earthworms make plants possible.

Answer 2

they are decomposers. they eat dead leaves,and dirt which helps keep polutants out of out enviorment.

Wow i never seen a worm eat a dead leaf - u could be right about that however

Thing is - Earth worms are our Irragation Experts en la vida - Often we wonder how a flower grows amidst a certain rough terrain. Sometimes the earth for our willingness to plant is fertile and kind to our plantings. Then many things might grow but do we ever realize the irragation or the worm? or simply say we have a green thumb. You see life is about life and fertility upon our soil is left upon the worm which provides

Answer 3

The main environmental function of the earthworm is to aerate the soil by constantly burrowing little tunnels through it.

Answer 4

It is its food and where they live.