Unit 9- Lesson 2 (Ecosystem Services)

Unit 10: Ecology

Lesson 2: Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem Services

● What is an ecosystem service? Any positive benefit

that wildlife or ecosystems provide to people. They
can be direct or indirect- small or large.
○ Provisioning
○ Regulating
○ Supporting
○ Cultural

Open Ended

What is something you think might be an ecosystem service?

Ecosystem Services- Provisioning

● Provisioning service- any type of benefit to people that

can be extracted from nature

○ Production of food (fruits, vegetables, trees, fish, and

livestock) and drinking water

○ Timber, wood
○ Fuel, natural gas, oils
○ Plants that can be made into clothes

Ecosystem Services- Regulating

● Regulating service- the benefit provided by ecosystem

processes that moderate natural phenomena.
○ Pollination (bees)
○ Decomposition
○ Air and water purification (plants)
○ Erosion (tree roots)and flood control
○ Carbon storage
○ Climate control

Match

Match the following

• Ecosystem Services

• Provisioning

• Regulating

• Eutrophication

• Ecology

Positive benefit that wildlife or ecosystems provide to people.

Benefit to people. can be extracted from nature.

Benefit from ecosystem processes that moderate natural phenomenon.

Excess nutrients cause an increase in plant growth but kills animals.

Study of the relationship between organisms and their environment.

• Positive benefit that wildlife or ecosystems provide to people.

• Benefit to people. can be extracted from nature.

• Benefit from ecosystem processes that moderate natural phenomenon.

• Excess nutrients cause an increase in plant growth but kills animals.

• Study of the relationship between organisms and their environment.

Ecosystem Services- Supporting

● Supporting service- natural processes that allow the Earth

to support basic life forms, ecosystem and people

○ Photosynthesis
○ Nutrient cycling and oxygen production
○ Creation of soils
○ Water cycle

Ecosystem Services- Cultural

● Cultural service- non-material benefit that contributes to

the development and advancement of people
○ How ecosystems play a role in local, national, and global

cultures

○ Building of knowledge and spreading of ideas
○ Creativity born from interactions with nature (music ,

art, architecture)

○ Recreation

ART Influences

Ansel Adams- photographer

Georgia O’Keefe- painter

Claude Monet- painter

Multiple Choice

What is providing the main ecosystem services in the video?

• Mangrove Trees

• Climate Change

• Coastal Erosion

• Concrete Walls

Multiple Choice

What ecosystem services do Mangrove trees provide?

• Protection from rising sea levels

• Firewood, Charcoal

• Increase biodiversity, which is beneficial for fisherman

• All of the Above