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Many plants depend on animals for pollination and seed dispersal, and animals depend on plants for food and shelter

Posted on: December 27th, 2010 by
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This standard addresses the much larger concept of interdependence. All organisms depend on other organisms for their existence. As we noted in Standard 2a, all animals ultimately depend on plants for matter and energy. This standard adds that plants also provide shelter for animals. The interdependence of plants and animals with respect to pollination and seed dispersal illustrates another major concept in Continue reading the story "Many plants depend on animals for pollination and seed dispersal, and animals depend on plants for food and shelter"

In any particular environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all

Posted on: December 27th, 2010 by
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On the simplest level, this standard is almost too easy to teach. Can a whale survive in a desert? What would happen if you tried to plant a rose bush in the ocean? Each species has adaptations that enable it to successfully live and reproduce in the environments it normally inhabits. Any given environment can support only a small range of Continue reading the story "In any particular environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all"

Plants are the primary source of matter and energy entering most food chains

Posted on: December 25th, 2010 by
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All ecosystems with their food chains and food webs ultimately rely on a class of organisms called producers who capture the energy that sustains the entire ecosystem. In essentially all the familiar ecosystems, organisms in the plant kingdom play this role. Through the process of photosynthesis, plants ranging from redwood trees Continue reading the story "Plants are the primary source of matter and energy entering most food chains"