Unit 2 BK Academic Connections

1.
What are two examples of ecosystem

services described in the flier?
Water purification and pollination.
2. What connection between people and ecosystems

does the flier describe?
People depend on ecosystems for many products and
services such as water purification and pollination.
3. What other useful services or products do ecosystems
provide?
Ecosystem provide many of the basic services that make life possible for
people such as food. Fruits, vegetables, trees, fish, and livestock are available
to us as direct products of ecosystems. It also provide us raw materials like
fertilizer and organic matter as well as medical resources.
4. What is our place in the ecosystem?

Unlike other species such as insects and birds, humans do not always
interact directly with the environment; however, we are still part of
ecosystems. We depend on resources such as water and air for our
survival.
5. What happens when a part of an ecosystem
changes?
When a part of an ecosystem changes everything does as

all of it is connected like a spider’s web.
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When the bees go to another

flower, the pollen comes off their bodies. As a result of this pollination,
there is new fruit. The agouti opens the fruit to eat the nuts inside.
Then the agouti puts nuts in the ground to eat lates. Consequently, new Brazil nuts
trees grow.
their home
Rain Forest
food
farms and farm animals
paper and building materials

medicine.
due to
because
since
01 According to the lecture, how are people
connected to the rain forest? What other
ways can you think of?
The link that exists between humans and the rain

forest are the many goods that the latter provides to the
former. One of the examples that the lecture gives are the
building materials and paper that are made from the rain
forest trees. We rely on it more than we would want to
admit as the rain forest gives us almost everything we
need to live, for instance, food. Many well-known products
that we consume in our daily lives, such as bananas,
sugar, coffee and tea came from this place
02 According to the lecture, how are people
destroying the rain forest? What other
reasons can you think of?
Humans take advantage of the things the rain

forest provides them in order to live, but by doing so,
they are also destroying it during this process. The
lecture mentions how people are burning trees to
build farms, causing many animals to lose their
homes and food and in the long run also causing their
death. Human activities such as logging, where huge
areas of the rain forest are cut in one go so that we
could have that beautiful furniture at home, and
mining, in which the poisonous chemicals that are
often used always end up in rivers, are the biggest
cause of forest destruction.
03 Which statement would the professor
agree with? Which statement do you
agree with? Explain your answer.
• People should stop rain forest destruction; we

need to protect planet Earth.
This is the statement that both the professor and I
agree with. It goes without saying that we need the
rain forest more than it need us as it is not only our
food source but also medicinal. It even provides us
goods from other categories such as cosmetics,
soaps, shampoos and many things that we use on a
daily basis. Therefore, if we don’t want to lose it, we
should protect it from none others than ourselves, as
we are the ones who are causing the biggest
damage.
Ecosystem
My example: Estrella Principe
The park across my house
Service/ Benefit
Good view
Clean
Fun for children
Value to you
Enjoy a little bit of nature
with pets or children
Get relax and play A lot of activities to do
Ecosystem The parks around my
My example: Aimy Gago house Help the environment Be conscious about the
to be clean natural environment
A beach near my house
Service/ Benefit Beautiful animals: A good place to spend
Flor Romero time with our pets.
butterflies and birds
Activities: diving, swimming,
fishing.
Outdoor activities: Good for working out
Beautiful, spacious and soccer, aerobics,
sometimes quiet. Park around the corner jogging
from my house Perfect to go for a walk
Fishes, crabs, jellyfish Large and quiet space with my dog as it is
large and quiet.
Value to you Milenka Trelles People are allowed to I once planted an
grow their own plants. eucalyptus tree
Good for distraction.
Good to find calm.
To have fun with family

and friends
food and medicine
products air and water purification
services
watersheds were
human actions degraded due to the destruction of forests

not enough insects to pollinate
because of rain forest destruction
health
the drinking water
became unhealthy
fruits
and vegetables are expensive
on the economy decided to buy and protect
thewatershed. It cost about a billion
dollars.
pollination by hand is expensive
for farmers and it causes higher food prices
many economies would stop

economic and health problems without them
people's health would be
affected without them
Water purification in the case of the Catskills watershed

and pollination in Brazil.
Farming and building.
Fruits and vegetables.
It would've cost six to eight billion dollars and $300

million each year after that.
Ecosystem services may be worth $33

$300trillion.
trillion.
1. The ecosystem services of air purification provides clean air.
2. The ecosystem is in danger due to deforestation.
3. Plants help to improve air quality; therefore, less plant cover
means less capacity to clean our air.
4. Yes. If human activities such as logging are reduced or at
least regulated, it will protect this ecosystem service.
work
diet
Pollination
expensive
web of life
economy costly
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1.

What are two examples of ecosystem

2. What connection between people and ecosystems

4. What is our place in the ecosystem?

When a part of an ecosystem changes everything does as

When the bees go to another

farms and farm animals

paper and building materials

The link that exists between humans and the rain

Humans take advantage of the things the rain

• People should stop rain forest destruction; we

Good to find calm.

To have fun with family

human actions degraded due to the destruction of forests

because of rain forest destruction

for farmers and it causes higher food prices

many economies would stop

Water purification in the case of the Catskills watershed

Farming and building.

Fruits and vegetables.

It would've cost six to eight billion dollars and $300

Ecosystem services may be worth $33

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