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Explain why there is no waste in a forest.

There is no waste in a forest because all the waste is being decomposed by the decomposers and it gets absorbed by plants as nutrients.


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a. The insects, butterflies, honeybees and birds help flowering plants in _________.


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c. Herbs form the ________layer in the forest.


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