APES Notes 2.2 - Ecosystem Services

Which of the following BEST describes ecosystem services?

• Benefits from nature such as clean air and a sense of calm that we get from nature

• services provided by nature that have economic value to humans

• Benefits that humans get by selling products such as crops or timber

• Benefits that humans get by not having to pay for water purification

A seafood restaurant represents which type of ecosystem service?

• Provisioning

• Regulating

• Supporting

• Cultural

Which of the following would be an example of a regulating ecosystem service?

• Fees paid by campers at a national park

• The pollination of gardens by a local population of honeybees

• The sale of furniture made with timber from a local forest

• Prevention of heatwaves by the cooling effect of a large lake near a city