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Animals and plants. Differences between them and two examples of each.

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The most important difference between animals and plants is that only plants can carry out photosynthesis. Photosynthesis involves harvesting energy from the Sun in the form of light and matter from the atmosphere in the form of the gas carbon dioxide. Because animals cannot get energy from the Sun, they have to eat other living things. The is why ...

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