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Find out at least five plants, fruits or crops that can grow without the help of honeybees but
whose quality improves greatly when bees pollinate them.

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Compare your findings with your classmates. As you proceed in the chapter, you will
understand how all the things in nature work in coordination.

‘Take care of the earth and she will take care of you.’

—Anonymous

Plants, insects, birds, animals and humans depend on each other for food, shelter
and survival. Together, all these living beings make up an ecosystem. They also interact
with things like water, soil, air, sunshine, etc. An ecosystem can be as small as a puddle or a
clump of moss under a pebble. Or, it can be as large as the Himalayas and the Pacific Ocean.

Imagine a deck of cards placed one on top of each other to
form a tower. The balance of the tower is very
delicate and can be easily toppled just
by whispering near one card.

The balance of an ecosystem
of living beings is just as
delicate. For example,

when rabbits were
introduced in Australia
in the 18 century, they
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multiplied quickly and ate
up plants that were food for

animals which lived there
originally. As a result, the local
or native animals died and the

rabbits survived. This, in turn,
toppled the balance of many other
living beings.

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