Question
How do earthworms make the soil fertile ?

Answer

Earthworms are called farmer’s friends and help in making the soil fertile in two ways :
a. as it moves through the soil, it leaves tube like passages in the soil where air and water (needed by the plants) get accumulated.
b. as it ingests the soil particles and pass out the undigested matter, it adds to the nutrients of the soil and makes the soil fertile.

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