Ecosystem Services
Recreational activites, Photography, Boating, and Fishing
Cultural Services
Ecosystems broken into pieces
Habitat fragmentation
The surface zone that is directly above continental shelf where light can shine throughout.
Neritic Zone
Extreme temperatures and frequent wildfires occur in these habitats
Grasslands
President who signed the Yellowstone National Park Act
Ulysses Grant
Food, water and oil and gas for us
Provisioning Services
Complete loss of ecosystem
Habitat destruction
The vertical layer in the ocean where most photosynthetic plants thrive
Epipelagic
Bogs contain many of these types of plants that trap insects.
Carnivorous plants
President who create the CCC in the Great Depression
FDR
Pollination, Water cycle, soil formation, and predator-prey relationships
Supporting Services
Polluted ecosystem or degraded in quality
Habitat degradation
The vertical layer meaning "middle" layer or "twilight zone"
Mesopelagic
The coldest habitats where only lichens and mosses can be found among vegetation
Tundra
President was a sport-hunter concerned with over-hunting, created the first wildlife refuge, and established the Forest Service
Theodore Roosevelt
Converting carbon dioxide into plant tissue
Supporting services
The term that refers to developing land outside of cities that rapidly diminishes ecosystems
Urban Sprawl
The layer in the ocean between 1000 and 4000 meters, also known as the midnight zone
Bathypelagic
Mostly evergreen trees in cold regions of Russia, Norway, and Canada
Taiga
Environmental impact statements were required from all branches of government through this act.
National Environmental Policy Act
Plants converting Carbon Dioxide into Oxygen for us to breathe
Regulating Services
Oil pollution is what type of threat?
Habitat degradation
The Mariana Trench is in this ocean layer
Percent of tropical rainforest covers the Earth
6 %
National Park Service and National Park System was created through this law.
National Park Service Act