Plant and Animal Dependence    

Pollinators           
This special group of animals includes bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, flies, wasps, and bats. Pollinators look for nectar in flowers. As they fly from flower to flower, they accidentally carry pollen from the male to the female parts of the plants. This allows the plants to make seeds and fruit. About 80% of flowering plants depend on pollinators for this job. Foods like apples, carrots and peaches could not grow without them. Poisons that people use to kill pests and weeds also kill these animals.

Vermicompost
Red wriggler worms in a compost bin will eat the rotting rotting food and make castings which are full of nutrients for plants. 
Earthworm composting, 4H curriculum Committee: http://www.nc4h.org/enrichment/wildlife/9-12-worms.pdf

Question: Name three other ways plants and animals help each other.

sites to check out:
www.kidsgardening.com
www.canadiangardening.com
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/county/smith/kids.html
www.wildaboutgardening.org
http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/plants/default.htm
Butterfly sites:
www.canadiangardening.com/kids3a.shtml
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/buttchck/index.htm
www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Butterflies/index.html

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