11/29/2022
Pop Quiz (worth a whole 1% of your grade)
1.
True or False.
Ecosystem services only apply to goods directly supplied by an ecosystem.
False
2.
Give 2 examples of a “provisioning service”:
1.
Food
2.
Biochemicals
3.
Give 2 examples of a “regulating service”:
1.
Climate regulation
2.
Disease regulation
4.
Give 2 examples of a “cultural service”:
1.
Spiritual and religious
2.
Educational
5.
What is one way in which ecosystem services impacts our “well-being”?
Given that ecosystem services are a part of crucial processes like air purification, climate
control, and water cycle, ecosystem services have an influence on human "well-being."
All these processes are vital since they allow society to be able to breathe a cleaner air
and with more easiness, to have access to clean drinking water, and to generally live a
healthier life.
6.
Ecosystem services bridge physical and social sciences in that they are at the nexus of:
Science
Praxis
Ethics
