Animals Carry Seeds

In the picture

1. 1Seeds beneath the parent tree
2. 2Elephant dung holding seeds
3. 3Antelope dung pellets with seeds
4. 4Monkey holding a fruit
5. 5Young green shoot

Examples

• A bird eats a berry and drops the seed in a garden far away.
• A squirrel buries an acorn and forgets it; an oak seedling grows.

Quiz: Animals Carry Seeds (Age 12)

1. 1

   Why do many rainforest trees rely on animals?

   • Animals carry their seeds to new places.
   • Animals make the soil warmer for seeds.
   • Animals stop other plants from growing nearby.
2. 2

   If a rainforest lost almost all its fruit-eating animals, what would most likely happen?

   • Fewer seeds would be spread away, so fewer new trees would grow.
   • More seeds would grow because the fruit would stay on the trees.
   • The forest would renew itself faster because fewer animals would damage young shoots.
3. 3

   In what way does an animal often move a seed to a new spot?

   • It eats the fruit and later leaves the seed in its dung or on its fur.
   • It carries the seed back to the parent tree and drops it there.
   • It pushes the seed deeper into the soil under the parent tree.

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