ECOSYSTEM SERVICES WEBQUEST
Use the following links to find the answers for the ecosystem services questions:
QUESTION 1: What is an ecosystem?
QUESTION 2: Name and describe at least 4 common threats to ecosystems.
QUESTION 3: Define ecosystem services.
QUESTION 4: How do ecosystem services benefit humans? (see the phrases in bold)
QUESTION 5: What 4 categories are ecosystem services divided into? Define each type and list some specific services provided by each category. (Scroll down to the photos, the four categories are listed under each of the four photos)
QUESTION 6: How do human activities affect an ecosystem? Provide one example.
QUESTION 7: Select one ecosystem service and predict the likely effect if this service was lost. How would it affect us and our economy? Look at the bullet point list. Example: water purification: a decrease in clean drinking water, humans would have to build water treatment plants which increases the amount of taxes people have to pay. Don’t steal this one ! :)
QUESTION 8: YOUR OPINION: Whose responsibility should it be to preserve and protect ecosystem services? Who should pay for preservation (government, taxes, state, etc.)?
Finished?
Watch the following videos:
1. Ecosystem Services
2. Ecosystem Services in Brief
Thanks to http://jmahoneyscience.weebly.com
Use the following links to find the answers for the ecosystem services questions:
QUESTION 1: What is an ecosystem?
QUESTION 2: Name and describe at least 4 common threats to ecosystems.
QUESTION 3: Define ecosystem services.
QUESTION 4: How do ecosystem services benefit humans? (see the phrases in bold)
QUESTION 5: What 4 categories are ecosystem services divided into? Define each type and list some specific services provided by each category. (Scroll down to the photos, the four categories are listed under each of the four photos)
QUESTION 6: How do human activities affect an ecosystem? Provide one example.
QUESTION 7: Select one ecosystem service and predict the likely effect if this service was lost. How would it affect us and our economy? Look at the bullet point list. Example: water purification: a decrease in clean drinking water, humans would have to build water treatment plants which increases the amount of taxes people have to pay. Don’t steal this one ! :)
QUESTION 8: YOUR OPINION: Whose responsibility should it be to preserve and protect ecosystem services? Who should pay for preservation (government, taxes, state, etc.)?
Finished?
Watch the following videos:
1. Ecosystem Services
2. Ecosystem Services in Brief
Thanks to http://jmahoneyscience.weebly.com