DP IB Environmental Systems & Societies (ESS): SL
Exam Questions

Factors Influencing Perspectives, Values & Environmental Perspectives, Worldviews & Environmental Perspectives, The Environmental Movement

The Systems Approach, Types of Systems, Stable Equilibrium & Feedback Mechanisms, Tipping Points & Resilience, Models

Introduction to Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Environmental Justice, Sustainability Indicators, Citizen Science, Sustainability Frameworks & Models, Alternative Economic Models

Introduction to Ecological Systems, Classification & Taxonomic Tools, Factors Affecting Populations, Population Growth, Human Populations, Studying Populations, Ecosystem Functioning & Sustainability

Energy Flow in Ecosystems, Photosynthesis, Respiration, Trophic Levels & Food Chains, Food Webs, Energy Losses in Food Chains, Productivity & Biomass, Ecological Pyramids, Human Impacts on Energy & Matter Flows

Biogeochemical Cycles, Carbon Cycle, Human Impacts on the Carbon Cycle, Reducing Human Impacts on the Carbon Cycle

Weather & Climate, Biomes, Atmospheric Circulation & Ocean Currents

Zonation, Succession, Resilience & Stability of Ecosystems

Biodiversity & Resilience, Evolutionary Processes, Assessing Biodiversity, Biodiversity Management

Threats to Biodiversity, Assessing Conservation Status, Conservation Case Studies, Tragedy of the Commons

Preserving Biodiversity, Conservation Strategies, Habitat Management & Designing Protected Areas, Rewilding, Biodiversity Planetary Boundary, Conservation Perspectives

Hydrological Cycle, Human Impacts on the Hydrological Cycle

Factors Affecting Water Availability, Strategies for Increasing Water Supply, Addressing Water Scarcity

Aquatic Food Webs, Human Consumption & Increasing Demand, Unsustainable Harvesting Practices & Overexploitation, Mitigation Strategies, Aquaculture, Climate Change & Ocean Acidification

Sources of Water Pollution, Plastic Pollution, Monitoring & Assessing Water Quality, Eutrophication, Water Pollution Management Strategies

Natural Capital & Natural Income, The Value of Natural Capital, Resource Sustainability, Resource Security & Choices

Causes of Urban Air Pollution, Air Pollution Management Strategies, Acid Rain