Benefits of Biodiversity

​How do humans benefit from biodiversity?

Some studies have helped show the importance of these benefits by translating them into dollar values which total thousands of trillions of dollars.​

​The benefits that humans receive from biodiversity and healthy ecosystems are extremely valuable.

​Benefit

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​Ecosystem Services

​The benefits experienced by organisms which are provided by healthy ecosystems.

There are 4 main types of services:

1 supporting services 3 regulating services

2 provisioning services 4 cultural services

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Multiple Choice

The water cycle is an example of this Ecosystem service

• Regulatory

• supporting

• Provisional

• Cultural

Multiple Choice

Hunting, Fishing Hiking are all examples of which ecological service

• Regulatory

• supporting

• Provisional

• Cultural

Multiple Choice

Food production is an example of which Ecological services

• Regulatory

• supporting

• Provisional

• Cultural

Multiple Choice

Laws and Regulations are which category of Ecosystem services

• Regulatory

• supporting

• Provisional

• Cultural

Multiple Choice

Fruits, fish, and livestock are all examples of what type of ecosystem service?

• Regulatory

• supporting

• Provisional

• Cultural

Multiple Choice

Bacteria decomposing waste is an example of what type of ecosystem service?

• Regulatory

• supporting

• Provisional

• Cultural

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Natural processes such as nutrient cycling and the creation of soils are all examples of what type of ecosystem service?

• Regulatory

• supporting

• Provisional

• Cultural

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The aesthetic value of an ecosystem provides

• Regulatory

• supporting

• Provisional

• Cultural

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Products obtained from nature that humans can use such as lumber, medicines and food crops are

• Regulatory

• supporting

• Provisional

• Cultural

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Human waste is often dumped in the ocean. Microbial organisms in marine ecosystems can break down organic waste into less harmful components. This is an example of

• Regulating

• supporting

• Provisional

• Cultural

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When a spruce tree is harvested so the wood can be used to build a house, the tree is providing

• Regulatory

• supporting

• Provisioning

• Cultural

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT an example of an ecosystem service?

• Regulatory

• supporting

• Provisional

• Cultural

• associating

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Ecosystem services

• are the processes by which life-supporting resources are produced.

• indicate the current state of the environment.

• are valued for their beauty.

• refer to abiotic features of the environment.