Use the following links to find the answers for the ecosystem services questions:
QUESTION 1: What is an ecosystem?
QUESTION 2: Name and describe at least 4 common threats to ecosystems.
QUESTION 3: Define ecosystem services.
QUESTION 4: How do ecosystem services benefit humans?
QUESTION 5: What 4 categories are ecosystem services divided into? Define each type and list some specific services provided by each category.
QUESTION 6: How are ecosystem services “cut off”?
QUESTION 7: Select one ecosystem service and predict the likely effect if this service was lost. How would it affect us and our economy? Example: water purification: a decrease in clean drinking water, humans would have to build water treatment plants which increases the amount of taxes people have to pay. Don’t steal this one ! :)
QUESTION 8: YOUR OPINION: Whose responsibility should it be to preserve and protect ecosystem services? Who should pay for preservation (government, taxes, state, etc.)?
Finished?
Watch the following videos:
1. Ecosystem Services
2. Ecosystem Services in Brief
QUESTION 1: What is an ecosystem?
QUESTION 2: Name and describe at least 4 common threats to ecosystems.
QUESTION 3: Define ecosystem services.
QUESTION 4: How do ecosystem services benefit humans?
QUESTION 5: What 4 categories are ecosystem services divided into? Define each type and list some specific services provided by each category.
QUESTION 6: How are ecosystem services “cut off”?
QUESTION 7: Select one ecosystem service and predict the likely effect if this service was lost. How would it affect us and our economy? Example: water purification: a decrease in clean drinking water, humans would have to build water treatment plants which increases the amount of taxes people have to pay. Don’t steal this one ! :)
QUESTION 8: YOUR OPINION: Whose responsibility should it be to preserve and protect ecosystem services? Who should pay for preservation (government, taxes, state, etc.)?
Finished?
Watch the following videos:
1. Ecosystem Services
2. Ecosystem Services in Brief