Environmental systems & societies · 2003 · May · Paper 1 · SL · Question paper

ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS STANDARD LEVEL PAPER 1 Wednesday 7 May 2003 (afternoon) 45 minutes M03/460/S(1)+ IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME PROGRAMME DU DIPLÔME DU BI PROGRAMA DEL DIPLOMA DEL BI c 223-188 10 pages INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES y Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so. y Answer all the questions. y For each question, choose the answer you consider to be the best and indicate your choice on the answer sheet provided. 1. Which statement is correct? A. Convectional cells in the asthenosphere are important for the net transfer of energy from the tropics to the poles. B. The atmosphere and the hydrosphe re are important for the net transfer of energy from the poles to the tropics. C. The atmosphere and the hydrosphe re are important for the net transfer of energy from the tropics to the poles. D. Convectional cells in the atmosphere are important for the net transfer of energy from the poles to the tropics. 2. The accelerating decline in the population of a country in which the average age was increasing, provides an example of which of the following? A. Negative feedback B. Positive feedback C. Steady-state equilibrium D. A demographic transition model 3. Four examples of natural capital are listed below. (i) a nickel ore deposit in the Australian outback (ii) a population of deer in a forest reserve (iii) ozone in the upper atmosphere (iv) the forest cover of an uninhabited Pacific island In which of the three classes of natural capital does each belong? renewablereplenishable renewablenon-renewableD. renewablenon-renewablerenewablerenewableC. non-renewablerenewablereplenishablereplenishableB. replenishablerenewablerenewablenon-renewableA. (iv)(iii) (ii)(i) – 2 – M03/460/S(1)+ 223-188