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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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

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Answer 1

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

• Direct services refer to the benefits that you and your mom get directly from the tree, such as the apples for pies (for your mom) and the shade for reading (for you).
• Indirect services may include benefits like improving air quality, providing habitat for wildlife, and contributing to the overall aesthetic and health of the environment, which still impacts you both.

Thus, both direct and indirect services are applicable in this situation.