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The Role of Supporting Services in Maintaining Biodiversity

Description: This quiz tests your knowledge on the role of supporting services in maintaining biodiversity. Supporting services are essential for the functioning of ecosystems and provide the foundation for all other ecosystem services. They include processes such as nutrient cycling, soil formation, and water cycling.
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Which of the following is NOT a supporting service?

  1. Nutrient cycling

  2. Pollination

  3. Soil formation

  4. Water cycling


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Pollination is a regulating service, as it helps to regulate the populations of plants and animals.

What is the role of nutrient cycling in maintaining biodiversity?

  1. It helps to ensure that plants have the nutrients they need to grow and reproduce.

  2. It helps to regulate the populations of decomposers.

  3. It helps to create new habitats for plants and animals.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Nutrient cycling plays a vital role in maintaining biodiversity by ensuring that plants have the nutrients they need to grow and reproduce, regulating the populations of decomposers, and creating new habitats for plants and animals.

How does soil formation contribute to biodiversity?

  1. It creates new habitats for plants and animals.

  2. It helps to regulate the water cycle.

  3. It provides a source of nutrients for plants.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Soil formation contributes to biodiversity by creating new habitats for plants and animals, helping to regulate the water cycle, and providing a source of nutrients for plants.

What is the role of water cycling in maintaining biodiversity?

  1. It helps to regulate the Earth's climate.

  2. It provides water for plants and animals to drink.

  3. It helps to create new habitats for plants and animals.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Water cycling plays a vital role in maintaining biodiversity by helping to regulate the Earth's climate, providing water for plants and animals to drink, and creating new habitats for plants and animals.

Which of the following is NOT a threat to supporting services?

  1. Climate change

  2. Pollution

  3. Habitat destruction

  4. Invasive species


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Invasive species are a threat to regulating services, as they can disrupt the balance of ecosystems.

What can be done to protect supporting services?

  1. Reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.

  2. Protect and restore natural habitats.

  3. Reduce our consumption of resources.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All of the above actions can help to protect supporting services. Reducing our reliance on fossil fuels helps to reduce climate change, which is a major threat to supporting services. Protecting and restoring natural habitats helps to ensure that supporting services can continue to function properly. Reducing our consumption of resources helps to reduce pollution and habitat destruction, which are also threats to supporting services.

Why are supporting services important?

  1. They provide the foundation for all other ecosystem services.

  2. They help to regulate the Earth's climate.

  3. They provide food and water for humans and other animals.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Supporting services are important because they provide the foundation for all other ecosystem services, help to regulate the Earth's climate, and provide food and water for humans and other animals.

Which of the following is an example of a supporting service?

  1. Pollination

  2. Water purification

  3. Soil formation

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Pollination, water purification, and soil formation are all examples of supporting services.

How do supporting services contribute to human well-being?

  1. They provide us with clean air and water.

  2. They help to regulate the Earth's climate.

  3. They provide us with food and other resources.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Supporting services contribute to human well-being by providing us with clean air and water, helping to regulate the Earth's climate, and providing us with food and other resources.

What are some of the challenges to maintaining supporting services?

  1. Climate change

  2. Pollution

  3. Habitat destruction

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction are all challenges to maintaining supporting services.

What can be done to protect supporting services?

  1. Reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.

  2. Protect and restore natural habitats.

  3. Reduce our consumption of resources.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All of the above actions can help to protect supporting services.

Which of the following is NOT a supporting service?

  1. Nutrient cycling

  2. Soil formation

  3. Water cycling

  4. Decomposition


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Decomposition is a regulating service, as it helps to regulate the populations of decomposers.

What is the role of supporting services in maintaining biodiversity?

  1. They provide the foundation for all other ecosystem services.

  2. They help to regulate the Earth's climate.

  3. They provide food and water for humans and other animals.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Supporting services play a vital role in maintaining biodiversity by providing the foundation for all other ecosystem services, helping to regulate the Earth's climate, and providing food and water for humans and other animals.

Which of the following is an example of a supporting service?

  1. Pollination

  2. Water purification

  3. Soil formation

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Pollination, water purification, and soil formation are all examples of supporting services.

How do supporting services contribute to human well-being?

  1. They provide us with clean air and water.

  2. They help to regulate the Earth's climate.

  3. They provide us with food and other resources.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Supporting services contribute to human well-being by providing us with clean air and water, helping to regulate the Earth's climate, and providing us with food and other resources.

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