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

Answer 1

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

Your mom benefits directly from the apples for making pies (direct services), while you benefit indirectly from the shade for reading (indirect services).