Ecosystem Services Worksheet
Explore the vital services ecosystems provide to humans and the environment at a Grade 6 level.
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Ecosystem Services
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will test your knowledge of ecosystem services.
1. Which of the following is an example of a provisioning ecosystem service?
Pollination of crops
Clean drinking water
Climate regulation
Recreational activities
2. The process where plants convert carbon dioxide into oxygen is a type of:
Regulating service
Provisioning service
Cultural service
Supporting service
3. The natural processes that ecosystems provide to sustain human life are called .
4. Forests help prevent soil erosion and floods, which is an example of a service.
5. Explain in your own words what a 'cultural ecosystem service' is and provide one example.
6. All ecosystem services are directly visible and easy to measure.
True
False
7. The illustration below shows a pond ecosystem which provides various services.
True
False
Match each ecosystem service type with its description.
8. Provisioning Services
a. Benefits from recreation and spiritual enrichment
9. Regulating Services
b. Products obtained from ecosystems like food and water
10. Cultural Services
c. Benefits from ecosystem processes like climate regulation