KEY VOCABULARY
The special name scientists use for the free gifts that nature gives to people
What are ecosystem services?
True or false: Only very large places can be ecosystems
What is false?
The number of main types of ecosystem services
What is four?
The full title of this newspaper article
What is "Nature's Invisible Workers: What Are Ecosystem Services?"
This signal phrase tells the reader that an example is coming
What is "for example"?
A community of living things and their non-living environment, working together
What is an ecosystem?
Name one example of an ecosystem mentioned in the article
What is a tropical rainforest / coral reef / grassland / river / city park?
The type of service shown in the diagram as "Things we use!" — food, water, and wood
What are provisioning services?
The name for the label "Fig. 1" below the diagram
What is a figure / caption?
This signal phrase means the writer is explaining something in a simpler way
What is "in other words"?
The variety of living species found within an ecosystem
What is biodiversity?
A single hectare of rainforest may contain hundreds of these
What are tree species?
The type of service described as "How the earth stays neat!" in the diagram
What are regulating services?
What Fig. 1 shows
What are the four types of ecosystem services working together?
This signal word means the writer is giving a more detailed or exact piece of information
What is "specifically"?
Plants, animals, fungi, and insects are examples of these things found in an ecosystem
What are living things?
The article compares an ecosystem to this — a network of living things connected to each other
What is a web of life?
The type of service described as "Fun and learning!" — places for hiking, art, and feeling happy
What are cultural services?
The type of text feature that appears in large italic letters between two sections, starting with "Nature provides more than beauty…"
What is a pull quote?
This signal phrase tells you the result or conclusion of something
What is "this means"?
According to the article, when this is high, an ecosystem is strong and healthy
What is biodiversity?
Name two reasons the article gives to explain why the rainforest has very high biodiversity
What are hundreds of tree species and thousands of insects (and dozens of mammals)?
The type of service called "The basic help for everything" that keeps the soil good and helps plants grow
What are supporting services?
The small italic line directly under the article title that tells you what the article is about
What is a tagline / subtitle / description?
This signal phrase, used in the biodiversity paragraph, tells the reader a clarifying example is about to follow
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What is "to illustrate"?