Appendix C: Ecosystem Services Worksheet

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Instructions: Investigate the picture provided by your teacher. This picture will show an economic industry in Alaska. Answer the following questions to identify this economic industry and its ecosystem services.

1. Write down four things found in nature that you see in the picture.

2. Based upon the picture, what is this economic industry in Alaska?

3. How do humans benefit from this type of ecosystem service?

4. What does this ecosystem service need to survive?

5. What impacts would the invasive species have on this ecosystem service? Would this type of economic industry be negatively or positively changed by the invasive species?