DP Environmental Systems and Societies Questionbank
6.1 Introduction to the atmosphere
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[N/A]Directly related questions
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20N.2.SL.TZ0.4c:
Discuss how human activities impact the flows and stores in the nitrogen cycle.
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21M.2.SL.TZ0.4b:
Explain how the atmosphere plays a role in maintaining life-supporting temperatures over the Earth’s surface.
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21N.2.SL.TZ0.6a:
Outline the albedo effect and its role in regulating the Earth’s global temperature.
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22M.2.SL.TZ0.5a:
Outline the role of the atmospheric system in the distribution of biomes.
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18M.2.SL.TZ0.1a:
Outline the evidence that CO2 acts as a greenhouse gas.
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18M.2.SL.TZ0.4c:
Disturbance of the composition and processes of the atmospheric system through human activity always disturbs the equilibria of marine systems.
Discuss the validity of this statement with reference to named examples.
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19M.2.SL.TZ0.4c:
Climate can both influence, and be influenced by, terrestrial food production systems.
To what extent can terrestrial food production strategies contribute to a sustainable equilibrium in this relationship?
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19M.2.SL.TZ0.4a.ii:
With reference to processes occurring within the atmospheric system identify two transfers of energy.
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19M.2.SL.TZ0.4a.i:
With reference to processes occurring within the atmospheric system identify two transformations of matter.
