IB ESS 1st Semester Holiday Quiz

Who wrote the book Silent Spring, considered by many to have been key in the banning of DDT and the formation of the US Environmental Protection Agency?

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Which substance originally designed to eliminate mosquitos was banned as a result of the death of many birds?

• Nuclear Waste

• DDT

• CFCs

• Plastic

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Which are common environmental value systems? Select all that apply

• Concentric

• Anthropocentric

• Heliocentric

• Ecocentric

What was the over all idea of the Gaia Hypothesis?

• The earth can control what happens on other planets.

• The earth is a self-regulating system.

• The earth can not regulate itself without technological intervention.

• The earth needs to be carefully monitored and regulated by humans.

What are some of the things that influence an individuals EVS?

• The cost of fuel

• Religious beliefs

• Family influence

• What kind of house you own

Which of the following is NOT a component of a systems model

• Magnification

• Storage

• Transformations

• Flows

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Which system most closely represents real systems

• Closed system

• Isolated system

• Idealised system

• Open system

Which term means that matter or energy move around without changing?

• Transfer

• Transformation

'Resource replacement solves resource depletion' is related to which EVS?

• Ecocentrism

• Antropocentrism

• Technocentrism

• Deep ecologist

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Which environmental disaster released Methyl Mercury into the water system?

• Bhopal

• Chernobyl

• Minimata

• Fukushima