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IB ESS EXAM FULL REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE List and explain a historical event or influence that had an impact on the development of the modern environmental movement. (1) - Correct Answer Ex: Minimata, Japan In 1956, a chemical company in Minimata Bay released toxic methyl mercury into the waste water. As a result, organisms in the water like fish and shellfish were poisoned due to the contamination. Local people who consumed these fish developed merc...

IB ESS SL Exam Study Guide with 100% Verified Complete Solutions Latest Update 2025/2026 Ecocentric viewpoint - Correct Answer Holistic ideal, ecology and nature central to humanity, less materialistic approach, prioritizes biorights, encourages education and human self-restraint Anthropocentric viewpoint - Correct Answer Humans must sustainably manage the global system, (taxes, regulation, legislation), pragmatic approach in solving environmental issues Technocentric viewpoint - Correct ...

IB ESS Topic 3 - Biodiversity and Conservation Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions Latest Updated 2025/2026 environmental pressures - Correct Answer the factors (abiotic or biotic) in an ecosystem which put pressure on an organism's survival and increase competition (whether inter-species or intra-species) biodiversity - Correct Answer a combination of the species diversity, genetic diversity and habitat diversity of an ecosystem variation - Correct Answer the differences, either ...

ESS IB, All the Case Studies with Complete Solutions Evaluate the uses of DTT. - Correct Answer Pros: - 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 contact wi...

IB Environmental Systems and Societies Definitions with Elaborated Solutions Latest Update |100% Verified| 2025/2026

IB ESS Paper 1 Exam Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers 2025/2026 Biomes - Correct Answer Major zones on the earths surface characterised by different natural vegetation caused by different climates Freshwater aquatic - Correct Answer Ponds, lakes, river Marine aquatic - Correct Answer Oceans Forest - Correct Answer a large area of land covered with trees eg tropical (hot, humid) or temperate (mild temperatures) Types of forest, their location and vegetation - Correct Answe...

IB ESS Key terms (ALL) Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions Environmental Value System (EVS) - Correct Answer A worldwide view that shapes the way an individual or group of people perceive and evaluate environmental issues. Cornucopians - Correct Answer See the world as having infinite resources to benefit humanity Environmental Managers - Correct Answer See the earth as a garden that needs tending to Ecocentric - Correct Answer Believes that the views on earth are to simplistic. T...

IB ESS Topic 1 - Foundations of Environmental Systems and Societies with Complete Solutions 2025/2026

IB ESS Exam Notes Complete Latest Update 2025/2026 System - Correct Answer An assemblage of parts and their relationship forming a functioning entirely or whole Open System - Correct Answer Exchanges matter AND energy Closed System - Correct Answer Exchanges ONLY energy Isolated System - Correct Answer DOES NOT exchange matter or energy. Theoretical. 1st Law of Thermodyamics - Correct Answer Energy is neither created nor destroyed. IT ONLY CHANGES FORMS. 2nd Law of Thermodynamics...