Ecosystem Services Worksheet
Explore the vital benefits that ecosystems provide to humans with this Grade 7 Science worksheet.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand the importance of ecosystem services.
1. Which of the following is an example of a PROVISIONING ecosystem service?
Pollination of crops
Clean drinking water
Regulation of climate
Recreational activities
2. Which type of ecosystem service helps control floods and prevent soil erosion?
Provisioning services
Regulating services
Cultural services
Supporting services
1. Ecosystem services are the many and varied benefits that humans freely gain from the natural environment and from properly-functioning .
2. The process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy is called .
1. All ecosystem services can be easily replaced by human technology.
True
False
2. Pollination is an example of a supporting ecosystem service.
True
False
1. Describe one way a forest ecosystem provides a regulating service.
2. Explain why maintaining biodiversity is important for ecosystem services.
Examine the image of the pond ecosystem below. Identify and label at least two different ecosystem services that this pond provides.
