Pollination: A Crucial Ecosystem Service — Passage
Grades
4
5
Standards
RI.4.2
RI.4.3
RI.4.4
RI.5.1
RI.5.3
RI.5.4
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ABOUT THIS READER
Explore the vital role of pollination beyond plant reproduction, as it sustains ecosystems by ensuring food security, promoting biodiversity, and maintaining healthy ecosystems. Learn how over 75% of the world's food crops depend on insect pollination, and discover the importance of cross-pollination in enhancing genetic diversity among plants. Understand how pollinators contribute to the well-being of various organisms, including birds, mammals, and insects. Test your comprehension with included multiple choice questions.
Publisher: Workybooks
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Written by:Neha Goel Tripathi
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Pollination is not just about flowers multiplying; it's the lifeblood of our ecosystems. Over 75% of the world's food crops depend on insect pollination, providing us with fruits, vegetables, nuts, and even chocolate! Pollination is much more than just a process for plants to reproduce. It is a crucial ecosystem service that provides us with many benefits, including:
- Food security: Many of the fruits, vegetables, and nuts that we eat rely on pollinators for their production. In fact,over 75% of the world's food crops require insect pollination.
- Biodiversity: Pollination helps to maintain the diversity of plant life. As different pollinators visit different types of flowers, they promote cross-pollination, which leads to the genetic diversity of plants.
- Healthy ecosystems: Pollinators play a vital role in maintaining healthy ecosystems by ensuring the reproduction of flowering plants. These plants provide food and habitat for many other organisms, including birds, mammals,and insects.
What is the benefit of pollination for plants?
It helps them to grow taller. It protects them from disease. c) It allows them to reproduce. d) It helps them to attract more sunlight.How does pollination contribute to food security?
It helps to control the population of insects.It helps to produce more food crops. It helps to improve the taste of food.It helps to protect food from spoilage.Why is pollination important for healthy ecosystems?
It helps to reduce pollution.It helps to control the climate.It helps to maintain biodiversity.It helps to prevent soil erosion.Common core standards covered
RI.4.2
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
RI.4.3
Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
RI.4.4
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
RI.5.1
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI.5.3
Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
RI.5.4
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
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