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Their nutrition comes from things in soil, such as decaying roots and leaves. Animal manures are an important food source for earthworms. They eat living organisms such as nematodes, protozoans, rotifers, bacteria, fungi in soil.
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∙ 12y agoWell, scientist record worms to know about what they do Be thankful or I'll eat your cookies. Sorry if it offended anybody
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Why is earthworm poop good for soil?
Because earthworm poop is dirt and it naturalizes the soil.
How soil will become more?
It become more by the help of the earthworm.
What eats soil?
Worms eat soil
How an earthworm enriches an aerates the soil thus improving it for plant growth?
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What role does the earthworm play in soil formation?
Earthworms play a large part in soil formation. They loosen the soil for plants and they clean it out of things the soil doesnt need.
How can you find out wheather an earthworm eats soil?
To find out what an earthworm has been eating an examination of their droppings is needed. If the earthworm has been eating soil, sand will be present in the droppings.
How can you find out whether an earthworm eats soil.?
the digestive tract
How can you find out if an earthworm eats soil?
Cut it open or observe it.
How do you find out whether an earthworm eats soil?
Look in the worm's digestive system!
How could you find out whether an earthworm eats soil or not?
You look at its crop or the worm's scat.
How do you find out whether earthworm eat soil?
by dissecting the earthworm and looking inside of the stomach...
How is the earthworm's digestive system adapted for extracting small amounts of food and large amounts of ingested soil?
The way that the earthworm <annelida> adapts to filtering food out of the soil is that it separates the waste and the food. It then eats the food and releases the waste! (ewwwwww)
Is an earthworm a herbivore a carnivore or omnivore?
An earthworm is an omnivore (but more specifically a detritivore as they mainly eat decaying plant matter). It eats whatever material (plant or animal) that it ingests from the soil.
Why is earthworm poop good for soil?
Because earthworm poop is dirt and it naturalizes the soil.
What are the interactions between the bird and earthworm?
the bird eats the earthworm the earthworm nourishes the bird
Can a earthworm produce food?
No, an earthworm cannot produce food because it comes in Kingdom Animalia which includes organisms who are heterotrophs and are not capable of producing food for themselves. instead they depend on other autotrophs for nutrition. the earthworm eats dead organic matter from the soil.
How does the movement of earthworm in soil helps a farmer?
An earthworm, while moving, chews up some soil and spits out the same amount of soil back into the ground. The soil which was eaten becomes fertile and more plants will grow on fertile soil. therefore, an earthworm helps a farmer by making soil fertile.
