Your family has an old apple tree in your backyard. Your mom loves using the tree’s apples to make pies. You don’t care for apples, but you enjoy reading under the tree’s shade. Which phrase best describes the ecosystem services that the tree provides for you and your mom?(1 point)

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ethical and aesthetic services and direct services
ethical and aesthetic services and direct services

only indirect services
only indirect services

indirect services and direct services
indirect services and direct services

only ethical and aesthetic services

Answer 1

The phrase that best describes the ecosystem services that the tree provides for you and your mom is indirect services and direct services.

• Direct services include the apples that your mom uses to make pies.
• Indirect services include the shade the tree provides for you to read, as well as the overall benefits the tree contributes to the ecosystem, such as improving air quality and providing habitat for wildlife.

Thus, "indirect services and direct services" is the most accurate description.