Ecosystem Services and Human Health Quiz

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What are some of the ecosystem services provided by forests and trees?

  • Reducing air pollution and increasing ultraviolet radiation
  • Mitigating floods, droughts, and noise effects (correct)
  • Promoting deforestation and pollution
  • Contributing to biodiversity degradation and climate change

How do woodlands and trees positively impact air quality?

  • By mitigating floods and droughts
  • By reducing air temperatures and decreasing ultraviolet radiation (correct)
  • By promoting deforestation and pollution
  • By increasing air pollution and ultraviolet radiation

What are some of the threats to the ecosystem services provided by forests?

  • Deforestation, pollution, biodiversity degradation (correct)
  • Increasing air temperatures and ultraviolet radiation
  • Purifying water and maintaining soil fertility
  • Regulating infectious diseases and promoting deforestation

In what way can forests help in regulating infectious diseases?

<p>By mitigating climate change (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is included in the abundant ecosystem services provided by forests?

<p>Drinking water protection and wastewater processing (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which human survival aspect is listed as crucial ecosystem goods by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment?

<p>Water purification (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What impact do forests have on climate change?

<p>Mitigating climate change (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What health issues can pyrrolizidine alkaloids cause in humans?

<p>Liver damage and GI problems (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which FDA regulation limits the solanine content in potatoes?

<p>Not more than 20 mg/100 g (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which plants contain amygdalin, a cyanogenic glycoside?

<p>Bitter almonds (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main risk associated with cyanogenic glycosides consumption?

<p>Nervous system damage (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How can humans become exposed to toxic alkaloids from plants?

<p>By ingesting processed grains cultivated with alkaloid-containing weeds (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary effect of α-solanine and α-chaconine found in potatoes?

<p>Neurotoxicity at high concentrations (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which group of toxins are metabolized to hydrocyanic acid after consumption?

<p>Cyanogenic glycosides (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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