DP Environmental Systems and Societies Questionbank

With reference to Figures 4(a) and 4(b), suggest how population change may impact resource use on Dominica in the future.

With reference to Figure 3(c), explain three ways in which Hurricane Maria has affected ecosystem services provided by Dominica’s forests.

Outline one ecological service provided by the Siberian taiga.

With reference to Figure 7(b), calculate the percentage of timber exports to China between the years 2012–2014.

With reference to Figures 5(b) and 5(c), outline one reason why the yaranga is more sustainable than the modern city house.

To what extent is London a sustainable city? 

Outline three ways that London’s green spaces are considered natural capital.

Hydropower is a resource that can be exploited from rivers. Explain how the value of this resource to a society may vary over time.

With reference to the information in the resource booklet, to what extent has Costa Rica’s aim to become carbon neutral led to a more environmentally-sustainable nation?

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

Outline four different ways in which the value of named resources have changed over time.

To what extent are the concepts of net productivity and natural income useful in managing the sustainable harvesting of named resources from natural ecosystems?

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

Outline two ecosystem services in a named biome.

Outline the reasons why natural capital has a dynamic nature.

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.

With reference to Figure 7(b), calculate the percentage reduction in the price of beaver pelt between 1940 and 2015.

Identify one reason why the value of beaver pelts has changed over time.

Discuss the potential for designing a protected forest area that allows for the harvesting of natural resources while at the same time conserving its biodiversity.

Outline two reasons why the value of resources like Uranium can change over time.

With reference to Figure 5(a) describe how Uranium prices have changed over time.

Outline how the concept of sustainability can be applied to managing natural capital.