Pollination Is Considered an Important Ecosystem Service

question 46

Multiple Choice

Pollination is considered an important ecosystem service.People value pollination, and other ecosystem services, because they provide

• A) essential services that people cannot provide or that would be difficult or costly to replace.
• B) nonessential, but beneficial, services that simply enhance our lives.
• C) frivolous, but fun, services such as recreational areas or beautiful vistas.
• D) over-rated services that some people, such as environmentalists, consider important.
• E) essential services that we could provide for ourselves with little trouble but prefer not to.

---

Definitions:

Nonverbal Cues

Forms of communication without the use of spoken language, including gestures, facial expressions, body language, and other visual or auditory signs.

Language to Primates

The study or practice of teaching non-human primates to communicate using sign language or other forms of symbolic communication.

Mathematical Intelligence

One of the multiple intelligences proposed by Howard Gardner, focusing on the ability to understand and manipulate mathematical concepts and numbers.

General Ability

A term often used in psychology to refer to the overall efficiency or performance level of an individual's cognitive processes.