Question

1. Identify the type of ecosystem service being provided in each of the following

Answer 1

The ecosystem services provided by the each of the given examples are as follows:

• A cornfield in Kansas provides provisioning services.
• Bacteria that decompose waste along the Gulf Coast provides regulating services.
• Ocean currents that keep Pacific Northwest air cool and moist provides regulating services.
• Flower garden at a national landmark provides cultural services.
• Lumber from an oak tree provides provisioning services.
• Animals that eat seeds and then spread the seeds through their waste regulating services.

Ecosystem services

Ecosystem services are defined as the benefits derived by man from the surroundings ecosystems.

Categories of ecosystem services

The four categories of ecosystem services are:

• regulating services,
• provisioning services,
• cultural services, and
• supporting services

A cornfield in Kansas provides provisioning services.

Bacteria that decompose waste along the Gulf Coast provides regulating services.

Ocean currents that keep Pacific Northwest air cool and moist provides regulating services.

Flower garden at a national landmark provides cultural services.

Lumber from an oak tree provides provisioning services.

Animals that eat seeds and then spread the seeds through their waste regulating services.

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