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Ecosystem Services Quick Check
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Question
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)
Responses

indirect services and direct services
indirect services and direct services

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

only ethical and aesthetic services
only ethical and aesthetic services

only indirect services
only indirect services
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1 answer

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 refer to the tangible benefits that come directly from the ecosystem—like the apples from the tree that your mom uses to make pies.

Indirect services refer to benefits that are not directly utilized but still enhance well-being—like the shade the tree provides for you when you read.

Therefore, the first option accurately captures both aspects of the services provided by the apple tree.