Earthworms
Earthworms
Where do worms live?
Worms live in the dirt underground.
Worm parts
What do worms eat?
How do worms move?
How do worms breathe?
Why are worms important?
1. Worms eat leaves and dead plants and turn it into fertile soil. Making better soil helps keep plants big and healthy.
2. When worms move underground they make air holes in the soil. These holes are good for water flow, plant roots and other underground creatures.
3. Worms are at the bottom of many food chains. This means there are lots of other animals that eat worms such as hedgehogs, birds and badgers.
Worms in trouble
Too much heavy work on the ground surface can make the soil very hard – making it difficult for worms to push through.
Worms live underground and are harmed by chemicals that are put on the soil. Farmers use chemicals like presticides and fertilisers to make their crops stronger, but those chemicals can hurt worms.
Worm life cycle
Worm facts
• A worm has no arms, legs or eyes.
• There are over 2,500 different kinds of earthworms.
• Worms are cold-blooded animals.
• If a worm’s skin dries out, it will die.
• Baby worms are not born. They hatch from cocoons smaller than a grain of rice.
• Worms live where there is food, moisture, oxygen and a favorable temperature. If they don’t have these things, they go somewhere else.
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