Ecosystem Services Worksheet
This worksheet explores the concept of ecosystem services, their types, and their importance to human well-being and the environment.
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Ecosystem Services Worksheet
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Read each question carefully and provide your best answer. This worksheet will test your knowledge of ecosystem services.
1. Which of the following is an example of a provisioning ecosystem service?
Water purification
Timber for construction
Climate regulation
Pollination of crops
2. Which category of ecosystem services includes the decomposition of waste?
Provisioning services
Regulating services
Cultural services
Supporting services
3. The process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy is called , and it is a key supporting ecosystem service.
4. Ecosystems provide many aesthetic and recreational benefits, which are classified as services.
5. Explain the importance of biodiversity in maintaining healthy ecosystem services.
6. Referring to the pond ecosystem illustration, identify one provisioning service and one regulating service that this ecosystem might provide.
7. All ecosystem services can be easily replaced by human technology.
True
False
8. The aesthetic beauty of a natural landscape is considered a cultural ecosystem service.
True
False
Match the ecosystem service type with its example.
9. Provisioning Service
a. Spiritual value of nature
10. Regulating Service
b. Raw materials like wood
11. Cultural Service
c. Control of floods