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ESS IB Final Exam Review Rated 100% Correct!!.

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25 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

DocsNest

Greenhouse gas - ANS a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation such as CFC's and carbon dioxide (unlike non greenhouse gases) Any gas that traps radiation in the Earth's atmosphere is a GHG. 5 major greenhouse gases - ANS -carbon dioxide -nitrous oxides -Tropospheric ozone -Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) -methane IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) - ANS a scientific body under the United Nations. It reviews and assesses the most rece...

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27 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

sirjoel

: ESS IB Test Review – Environmental Systems & Societies Study Guide, Practice Questions & Exam Review 2026/2027 designed to help IB students review key Environmental Systems and Societies concepts and prepare for tests, examinations, quizzes, and comprehensive assessments. This study resource provides structured review material covering environmental systems, ecological principles, sustainability, resource management, and human impacts on natural systems. Depending on the applicable IB ESS co...

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44 pages

Written in 2026/2027

Grade A+

kingdomstuvia

ESS IB Test Review UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Abiotic Factor - Correct Answer- A non-living, physical factor that may influence an organism or ecosystem; i.e. temperature, sunlight, pH, salinity, precipitation Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) - Correct Answer- A measure of the amount of dissolved oxygen required to break down the organic material in a given volume of water through aerobic biological activity Biodegradable - Correct Answer- Capable of being broken down b...

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13 pages

Written in 2024/2025

Grade A+

STANFORDGRADESS

ESS IB Final Exam Review UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers greenhouse gas - Correct Answer- a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation such as CFC's and carbon dioxide (unlike non greenhouse gases) Any gas that traps radiation in the Earth's atmosphere is a GHG. 5 major greenhouse gases - Correct Answer- -carbon dioxide -nitrous oxides -Tropospheric ozone -Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) -methane IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Cha...

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23 pages

Written in 2024/2025

Grade A+

STANFORDGRADESS

ESS IB EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 100% CORRECT Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) - ANSWERSAmount of oxygen required by aquatic bacteria to decompose given load of organic waste; a measure of water pollution. Biotic index - ANSWERSA measure of water quality that uses the diversity and abundance of organisms living within it. Deep water currents - ANSWERSDeep ocean currents are driven by density and temperature gradients. Thermohaline circulation is also known as the ocean's conveyor ...

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41 pages

Written in 2024/2025

Grade A+

Bensuda

ESS IB EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 2024 biotic factors - ANSWERSliving parts of an ecosystem abiotic factors - ANSWERSNonliving components of environment. species - ANSWERSA group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring. population - ANSWERSA group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area habitat - ANSWERSPlace where an organism lives niche - ANSWERSDescribes the interactions a species has with the ab...

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20 pages

Written in 2024/2025

Grade A+

Bensuda

ESS IB Study Test Questions with 100% Correct Answers 2024/2025 Evaluate the uses of DTT. - ANSWERSPros: - Relatively cheap - Highly persistent so that it continues for months after application to kill insects such as mosquitoes that carry disease - Used to virtually* eliminate malaria dengue fever and filariasis* - Estimated to have *saved about 50 million human lives* and to have prevented more than *a thousand million* human illnesses Cons: - kills all insects that come in con...

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28 pages

Written in 2024/2025

Grade A+

Bensuda

ESS IB Review Test Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Demographics - ANSWERSthe study of the dynamics of population change Exponential curve- - ANSWERSwhen populations follow an accelerating rate of growth which is proportional to the population size Crude Birth Rate (CBR) - ANSWERSnumber of births per thousand individuals in a population per year Crude Death Rate (CDR) - ANSWERSnumber of deaths per thousand individuals in a population per year calculate CDR and CBR - ANSWERSdividing...

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6 pages

Written in 2024/2025

Grade A+

Bensuda

ESS IB Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 1.1.1 Outline the concepts and characteristics of a system - ANSWERSStorages of matter or energy. Flows- inputs into the system and outputs from the system. Processes which transfer or transform energy or matter. System- An assemblage of parts and the relationships between them which together constitutes an entity or whole. They always must contain energy, matter, and information. • Feedback mechanisms that maintain feedback and equilibr...

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35 pages

Written in 2024/2025

Grade A+

Bensuda

ESS IB Test Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Distinguish between point and non-point pollution with reference to named examples. - ANSWERSPoint pollution is an identifiable place where the pollutants are coming from, like a specific factory or power plant. Non point is an unidentifiable source where the pollution is coming from, like agricultural run off or acid rain. For a named water pollutant, evaluate two management strategies to maintain the sustainability of watercourses. - ANSWERSAgr...

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4 pages

Written in 2024/2025

Grade A+

Bensuda

ESS IB Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 System - ANSWERSAn assemblage of parts and their relationship forming a functioning entirely or whole Open System - ANSWERSExchanges matter AND energy Closed System - ANSWERSExchanges ONLY energy Isolated System - ANSWERSDOES NOT exchange matter or energy. Theoretical. 1st Law of Thermodyamics - ANSWERSEnergy is neither created nor destroyed. IT ONLY CHANGES FORMS. 2nd Law of Thermodynamics - ANSWERSThe entropy of a closed system incr...

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13 pages

Written in 2024/2025

Grade A+

Bensuda

ESS IB Final Exam Review 2023 with complete solution

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30 pages

Written in 2023/2024

Grade A+

Johnloton

ESS IB Final Exam Review 2023 with complete solution

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17 pages

Written in 2022/2023

Grade A

Wiseman

greenhouse gas - Answer- a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation such as CFC's and carbon dioxide (unlike non greenhouse gases) Any gas that traps radiation in the Earth's atmosphere is a GHG. 5 major greenhouse gases - Answer- -carbon dioxide -nitrous oxides -Tropospheric ozone -Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) -methane IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) - Answer- a scientific body under the United Nations. It reviews and assesses the ...

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17 pages

Written in 2022/2023

Grade A+

Greaterheights

Abiotic Factor - Answer- A non-living, physical factor that may influence an organism or ecosystem; i.e. temperature, sunlight, pH, salinity, precipitation Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) - Answer- A measure of the amount of dissolved oxygen required to break down the organic material in a given volume of water through aerobic biological activity Biodegradable - Answer- Capable of being broken down by natural biological processes; i.e. the activities of decomposer organisms Biodiversity...

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10 pages

Written in 2022/2023

Greaterheights