DP Environmental Systems and Societies Questionbank

Discuss the effect of hurricanes on the social and ecological development of Dominica.

Calculate the percentage of sea turtle species from Figure 4 that are critically endangered.

Outline why a reduction in the Siberian tiger’s population may increase its probability of extinction.

With reference to Figures 8(e) and 8(f), outline how the decision to remove logging roads in 2015 may benefit the tiger populations.

To what extent might it be better to consider environmental issues at a global, rather than a local level, when planning for sustainable development in Siberia?

Identify one distribution pattern of green spaces seen in Figure 4(a).

Discuss how the introduction and re-introduction of a species can affect an ecosystem.

Discuss whether biodiversity loss or climate change is a greater threat to human societies.

To what extent is the need for conservation more significant in tropical biomes?

State one criterion used to determine the IUCN Red List status of the jaguar shown in Figure 6(a).

Explain the causes, and the possible consequences, of the loss of a named critically endangered species.

To what extent could development away from traditional lifestyles lead to greater sustainability in Madagascar?

Discuss the role of humans in the destabilization of ecological systems.

Explain how changes in the concentration of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone in the atmosphere can affect global biodiversity.

Discuss the consequences of changing global per capita meat consumption on the conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity.

With reference to the species listed in the resource booklet, Figure 4, identify two factors that may have contributed to their status given on the IUCN Red List.

To what extent does Algonquin Provincial Park provide a model of sustainable management of a protected area?

Discuss the implications of environmental value systems in the protection of tropical biomes.

Identify four reasons why the genetic diversity of a population may change over time.

To what extent might Iceland be viewed as a role model for sustainability by other countries?

Identify two ways that human activity in Algonquin Provincial Park may affect the food web.

Explain why the harvesting of a named aquatic species may be controversial.

Identify one of the criteria that may have been used by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List to classify aye-aye as endangered.

Identify two reasons why the future size of the Atlantic puffin population is difficult to predict.

Explain one factor that may make a species less prone to extinction.

With reference to data throughout the resource booklet, to what extent would the establishment of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) benefit marine ecosystems and human societies within the Coral Triangle?

Evaluate the proposal to convert an area of tropical rainforest into agricultural use.

Identify four impacts on an ecosystem that may result from the introduction of an invasive species of herbivore.

Justify whether or not Mesquite should be cleared from the Swakop River Valley.

Explain two factors which lead to a loss of marine (ocean) biodiversity.

Identify two ways in which the current extinction differs from mass extinctions in the past.

With reference to Figures 3(a) and 3(b) describe the trends in Iceland’s population dynamic

With reference to Figure 9(a), outline how the round goby both positively and negatively affects the St Lawrence River ecosystem.

Suggest why the St Lawrence River beluga whale population has not recovered despite being given protected status in 1983.

To what extent are strategies to promote the conservation of biodiversity successful?

With reference to information in the resource booklet, evaluate the sustainability of Canada’s management of the Large Ocean Management Area of the St Lawrence River estuary and Gulf of St Lawrence.