ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION
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Question
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Plants are a large part of their diets
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Plants provide safety for predators
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Plants break down the organisms that the predators eat
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Plants provide food for their animals that the predators eat
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of these best explains why predators need plants, such as grass, in their ecosystems? Plants are a large part of their diet. Plants provide safety for the predators. Plants provide food for the animals that the predators eat.
Detailed explanation-2: -Plants and animals are interdependent on each other. Plants depend on animals for pollination, and they absorb nutrients from decomposed animal bodies to grow. Animals depend on plants for food, shelter, protection, to get oxygen and so on. To maintain a stable ecosystem, these interdependencies are mandatory.
Detailed explanation-3: -Plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen in the process of photosynthesis. Not only is this beneficial to the animals living in the forests but it is also beneficial to animals all around the planet. Animals in turn absorb oxygen and respire carbon dioxide, which is again taken up by plants.
Detailed explanation-4: -Interdependency of Plants and Animals Animals breathe oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen back into the air. 2. Animals need plants for food and shelter.
Detailed explanation-5: -All living things depend on their environment to supply them with what they need, including food, water, and shelter. This is known as interdependence. For example, living things that cannot make their own food must eat other organisms for food.