Bunts Sangha’s S. M. Shetty International School & Jr. College, Powai.

Cambridge International Center – IN686

An IB World School

Name of student : _________________________________________

Grade : IBDP Y1
Subject : ESS
Level : SL
Topic: 1.1 Environmental value system
Date : 5/07/2021
Submission Date: 12/07/2021

1. The figure below shows a model of the climatic system.

[Source: O’Hare and Sweeney, The Atmospheric System, (1986), Oliver and
Boyd, page 189]

(a) Define the term model.

(b) Identify two internal interactions in the figure above which affect the
climate.
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 (c) List four gases which are part of the atmosphere.

(d) Outline the ways in which human activity can have an impact on climate.

(f) Evaluate the strengths and limitations of the model in the figure above for
describing the atmospheric system.
2. There is a TED talk about this

http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_poynter_life_in_  biosphere_2.
Watch it.

a) Why do you think this was called Biosphere 2?

b) Biosphere 2 has been described as a ‘closed system’. What does this mean?
c) Biosphere 2 was designed to include some of the major ecosystems of the Earth.

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