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Question
Explain how animals dwelling in the forest help it grow and regenerate.
Solution
Forest animals include various types, such as herbivores, carnivores, and microorganisms. They play an important role in maintaining food chains.
- Microorganisms convert dead plants and animals to humus. This humus helps return nutrients to the soil, which are absorbed by plants.
- The animals also help in dispersing the seeds of certain plants.
- The decaying animal dung provides nutrients for various types of seedlings to grow.
- All these activities of animals dwelling in the forest help it to grow and regenerate.
- Animals help grow and regenerate forests in many ways. They work as cleaning agents in the forest.
- Microorganisms work on dead bodies of plants and animals and degenerate them.
- Animals also help in pollination, which helps grow a number of plants.
- Herbivores help carnivores grow by providing food for them. Thus, flora and fauna mutually grow in the forest.
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