Most flowering plants can achieve pollination in several different ways. Those that produce pollen and carpels on the same plant may be self-pollinated, but they may also be cross-pollinated by insects or other pollinators. The cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana) shown here is able to produce seed whether it is self- or cross-pollinated. Is one type of pollination better for reproductive success than the other? Global bee populations have been declining over the past decade. What impact might this have on the world's human population?

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Hey, everyone. Let's take a look at this question together. Insect pollinators help to keep the ecosystem together by sustaining and promoting plant reproduction and variety, which is critical for the survival of other organisms, including humans. As a result. Pollinators are regarded as what? So let's take a look, look at this question and see what it is telling us. So we can see that we're talking about insect pollinators and how they help keep that ecosystem together and how they are critical for the survival of other organisms. So we're basically saying that those insect pollinators are important to keeping that ecosystem alive and thriving for not only the ecosystem as a whole but the other organisms found within. So they are both important to the ecosystem as well as the other organisms that live in that ecosystem. So when we're talking about an organism that is important, what are we referring to? So we are looking at, at a keystone species or answer choice B because as we know, keystone species are ones that are important to the ecosystem and beneficial to the survival of the ecosystem as well as other organisms. For example, humans in this case. So we know that the insect pollinators are keystone species. Uh We found this video to be helpful. Thank you and goodbye.