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IB ESS Topic 1.1 & 1.2
IB ESS Topic 1.1 & 1.2
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A quiz (mostly vocab) based on topic 1
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Rachel Carson's silent spring raised awareness of the dangers of...
chemical companies located in populated areas
overeating meat
DDT (pesticide) to organisms higher in the food chain
ignoring climate change
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A social system is defined as
a system with several inputs but no output
a system with several outputs but no inputs
your friends on facebook
people & institutions working together to define society
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transformation involves
a change of state, the formation of a product
a change of location from one place to another
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anthropocentrism
a nature-centered EVS
A technology-centered EVS
is a people-centered EVS
a self-centered EVS
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Examples of natural system with an intrinsic value are
Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
Mount Fuji in Japan
All of the above
Mount Uluru in Australia
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A system is defined as...
something can only be found in nature
a set of values that characterizes living organisms
parts and how each part works
parts and their interactions together forming a whole
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The universe is an example of...
a open system
an closed system
An isolated sytem
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technocentrism
a self-centered EVS
a nature-centered EVS
is a people-centered EVS
A technology-centered EVS
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transfer involves
a change of state, the formation of a product
a change of location from one place to another
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A riverbank is an example of...
an closed system
An isolated sytem
a open system
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The Rio Earth summit focused on...
...climate change
...clean water
...sustainable development
...clean water
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An Inconvenient Truth, a movie by Al Gore, resulted in extensive publicity about
climate change
pacific garbage patch
acidification of the oceans
acid rain
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ecocentrism...
A technology-centered EVS
a self-centered EVS
a nature-centered EVS
is a people-centered EVS
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An open system exchanges
only energy with its environment
only matter with its environment
matter and energy with its environment
neither energy nor matter with its environment
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Earth is an example of...
an closed system
a open system
An isolated sytem
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An isolated system exchanges
neither energy nor matter with its environment
only matter with its environment
matter and energy with its environment
only energy with its environment
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Environmental value systems (EVS) are
a view that shapes how people evaluate environmental issues
a type of natural resource with some value to humans
a type of ecosystem that helps us to evaluate resources
a type of community that supports us in difficult times
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An ecosystem is...
the living organisms in an area & their physical environment
all the animals in an area
all the animals and plants in an area
the living organisms in an area only
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A closed system exchanges
neither energy nor matter with its environment
only energy with its environment
only matter with its environment
matter and energy with its environment
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A model is...
a small scale representation of a system
a collection of some of the parts of a system
a collection of all the parts of a system
a symplified version of a system
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A cornucopian
believes that natural resources are there to be exploited
believes that nature has intrinsic value
believes that humans should be subject to nature
...does not care about the environment
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A reductionist would study
the behavior of the animal under certain circumstances
the interactions between an animal and its environment
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A deep ecologist is a type of ecocentrist that believes...
trust in the power of technology
that humans are subject to nature not control it
that people will find solutions to all problems
that economic growth informs all nature-related policies
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A systems approach to studying would include...
several systems and the links between them
the parts of a system and how they function individually
