NR 310 EXAM QUESTIONS AND 1005 CORRECT AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS|LATEST 2025/2026|GRADED A+|VERIFIED

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Ecosystem services - B B



B ANSWER the benefits (goods and services) people obtain from ecosystems [MA 2005]
B B B B B B B B B B




Provisioning services - B B



ANSWER
B the products obtained from ecosystems (food, biological raw materials, fresh
B B B B B B B B B



water, biomass fuel)
B B




Examples of provisioning services -
B B B B



ANSWER
B food, biological raw materials (cotton, leather), biomass fuel, freshwater, gen
B B B B B B B B B



etic resources, pharmaceuticals
B B




Regulating services - ANSWER B B B the services of regulating climatic, water, bio-
B B B B B B



chemical and biological processes
B B B




Examples of regulating services -
B B B B



BANSWER maintence of air quality, regulation of climate, erosion control, water purificai
B B B B B B B B B B



ton and waste treatment, pollination, natural hazard mitigation
B B B B B B B




Cultural services - B B



ANSWER
B the (nonmaterial) services provided through recreation, knowledge, relaxatio
B B B B B B B



n and spiritual reflection
B B B




Examples of cultural services - B B B B



ANSWER
B recreation and ecotourism, ethical and spiritual values, educational and inspir B B B B B B B B B



ational values B




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, Supporting services - B B



B ANSWER ecological functions that support production of other categories
B B B B B B B




Examples of supporting services - B B B B



B ANSWER habitat, nutrient cycling, primary production, water cycling
B B B B B B




Natural capital - B B



ANSWER
B the stock of natural ecosystems which provide ecosystem services and produc
B B B B B B B B B B



e value to people
B B B




Human capital - ANSWER B B B includes both physical labor of humans and the know-
B B B B B B B B



how stored in their brains
B B B B




Built capital - B B



ANSWER
B encompasses all the machines and other infrastructure like buildlings, roads, B B B B B B B B B B



and factories that compose the human economy
B B B B B B




Social capital - B B



BANSWER includes the web of interpersonal connections, institutional arrangements, ru B B B B B B B B



les, and norms that facilitate individual human interactions
B B B B B B B




Financial capital - B B



ANSWER
B productive power and the value of the other four capitals that exist in the for B B B B B B B B B B B B B B



m of currency that can be owned or traded
B B B B B B B B




How does natural capital fit into ecosystems services concept? -
B B B B B B B B B



ANSWER
B ES = benefits people get from natural ecosystems, natural capital is the stock
B B B B B B B B B B B B B



of ecosystems these benefits come from.
B B B B B




Forest = natural capitalB B B




Climate regulation = ES B B B




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