IB ESS Topic 1

What was the over all idea of the Gaia Hypothesis?

• The earth can control what happens on other planets.

• The earth is a self-regulating system.

• The earth can not regulate itself without technological intervention.

• The earth needs to be carefully monitored and regulated by humans.

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What is the Ecological footprint?

• Hypothetical area of land that a human uses every day

• Hypothetical area of land to support waste assimilation and food production

• The hypothetical area of land required to support each person's resource needs

• The hypothetical area of land l to support their resource needs and assimilate all waste

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A ________________ feedback loop makes a system more stable.

• Positive

• Neutral

• Negative

• Circular

Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only converted from one form to another. Which Law is this?

• First Law of Thermodynamics

• Second Law of Thermodynamics

• Third Law of Thermodynamics

• First Law of Fusion

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Which letter represents amplitude? (a)  

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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Which law remarks that the availability of energy to carry out processes becomes reduced as it moves through a system and entropy increases?

• First Law of Thermodynamics

• Second Law of Thermodynamics

• Third Law of Thermodynamics

• Murphy's Law

Studies that are carried out before a development project is undertaken to assess the possible damage to the environment are called

• Tipping Point Tips

• EIAs (Environmental Impact Assessment)

• NGO (non-governmental organizations)

• MEDCs (More Economically Developed Countries)

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The addition of any substance or form of energy to the environment at a rate faster than the environment can accommodate it by dispersion, breakdown, recycling or storage in some harmless form.

• pollution

• tipping point

• feedback

• system

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A group of ecosystems with similar climates.

• equator

• poles

• deep ocean

• biome

What is the primary focus of IB ESS Topic 1?

• Ecosystem structure and function

• Environmental value systems

• Biodiversity and conservation

• Climate change and energy

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