Quiz on Benefits of Biodiversity

What is a tundra?

• A type of ocean

• A cold, dry, and treeless biome

• A hot, wet forest

• A desert area

What defines a wetland?

• A dry land area

• Aquatic ecosystems with a thin layer of water covering wet soil

• A place with no water

• A mountain region

What is an estuary?

• A desert

• A type of forest

• A mountain range

• A place where a river flows into the ocean

What is a coral reef?

• A type of land biome

• A freshwater lake

• An ocean ecosystem made from coral skeletons

• A type of fish

What does the intertidal zone refer to?

• The ocean floor

• The ocean shore between the lowest and highest tide

• A type of wetland

• A coral reef area

What are ecosystem services?

• The types of animals in a forest

• The weather patterns

• Only the food we eat

• The benefits provided by healthy ecosystems

What are supporting services?

• Are not important

• Control the weather

• Only provide food

• Help all the other ecosystem services

What do provisioning services provide?

• Only clean air

• Products such as food, water, and energy

• Only recreational activities

• Only plants

What do regulating services help with?

• Only cleaning water

• Only providing food

• Control ecosystem processes like pollination and climate regulation

• Only growing plants

What are cultural services?

• Benefits from experiences with the ecosystem like recreation

• Only the food we eat

• Only the animals we see

• Only the plants we grow