IB Diploma Programme (DP) - SL & HL · Environmental Systems and Societies

Foundation - Perspectives, Systems, Sustainability: Practice Questions

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Question 1

1 mark

Which of the following provides the most accurate example of an open system in an environmental context?

Question 2

1 mark

Which environmental worldview is most likely to support the large-scale implementation of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies as the primary solution to climate change, rather than advocating for a reduction in consumer demand?

Question 3

1 mark

Which of the following best describes the relationship between Natural Capital and Natural Income in a sustainable system?

Question 4

1 mark

A specific forest system is described by its stakeholders as having intrinsic value that transcends human needs. One stakeholder argues that any large-scale intervention by humans is inherently destructive and that we must scale down our global economy to live within the Earth's limits. Which environmental perspective and sub-category is most clearly represented by this viewpoint?

Question 5

1 mark

An ecocentrist and a technocentrist are debating the management of a diminishing natural capital, such as wild fish stocks. How would their proposed solutions most likely differ?

Question 6

5 marks

Using the concept of natural capital, explain how a society can transition from an unsustainable to a sustainable use of its timber resources by managing natural income.

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