IB ESS Final Exam Questions With
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Ecocentric - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅pure ecology &
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nature is central to humanity and emphasizes a less
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materialist approach to life with greater self-sufficiency of
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societies
Technocentric - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅believes that || || || || ||
technological development can provide solutions to || || || || || ||
environmental problems ||
Anthropocentric - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅believes || || || ||
humans must sustainably manage the global system
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Environmental Manager - CORRECT || || || ||
ANSWERS(S)✅✅believe governments need to legislate || || || || ||
to protect environment and resources from
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overexploitation and make sustainable economics - || || || || || ||
humans have ethical duty to protect & nurture Earth
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Cornucopian - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅through || || || ||
technology & inventiveness, humans can solve any
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environmental problem & improve living standards - little || || || || || || || ||
government intervention ||
,Biocentric - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅all life has
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inherent value - no harm to individual species
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Deep Ecologist - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅put more
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value on nature than humanity - believe in biorights; no
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human intervention in nature
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System / Systems Diagram - CORRECT
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ANSWERS(S)✅✅set of components that function || || || || ||
together & form integrated units
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Open System - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅exchanges
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matter & energy with its surroundings
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Closed System - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅exchanges
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energy with its surroundings
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Isolated System - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅exchanges
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no energy or matter with its surroundings
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Transfer - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅a change in location
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, Transformation - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅a change in || || || || || ||
chemical nature, state, or energy || || || ||
Matter - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅gas, liquid, solid
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Atoms - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅makes up matter
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1st Law of Thermodynamics / Principle of Conservation of
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Energy - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅energy is neither
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created nor destroyed || ||
2nd Law of Thermodynamics - CORRECT
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ANSWERS(S)✅✅the entropy of an isolated system not in || || || || || || || ||
equilibrium will increase over time || || || ||
Entropy - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅the measure of the
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disorder of a system - refers to spreading out or dispersal
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of energy
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Enthalpy - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅equivalent to total
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heat content of a system
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Equilibrium: Steady State, Static, Unstable/stable - || || || || || ||
CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅the tendency to return to its || || || || || || ||
original state ||
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Correct Answers || ||
Ecocentric - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅pure ecology &
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nature is central to humanity and emphasizes a less
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materialist approach to life with greater self-sufficiency of
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societies
Technocentric - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅believes that || || || || ||
technological development can provide solutions to || || || || || ||
environmental problems ||
Anthropocentric - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅believes || || || ||
humans must sustainably manage the global system
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Environmental Manager - CORRECT || || || ||
ANSWERS(S)✅✅believe governments need to legislate || || || || ||
to protect environment and resources from
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overexploitation and make sustainable economics - || || || || || ||
humans have ethical duty to protect & nurture Earth
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Cornucopian - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅through || || || ||
technology & inventiveness, humans can solve any
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environmental problem & improve living standards - little || || || || || || || ||
government intervention ||
,Biocentric - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅all life has
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inherent value - no harm to individual species
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Deep Ecologist - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅put more
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value on nature than humanity - believe in biorights; no
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human intervention in nature
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System / Systems Diagram - CORRECT
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ANSWERS(S)✅✅set of components that function || || || || ||
together & form integrated units
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Open System - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅exchanges
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matter & energy with its surroundings
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Closed System - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅exchanges
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energy with its surroundings
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Isolated System - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅exchanges
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no energy or matter with its surroundings
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Transfer - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅a change in location
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, Transformation - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅a change in || || || || || ||
chemical nature, state, or energy || || || ||
Matter - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅gas, liquid, solid
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Atoms - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅makes up matter
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1st Law of Thermodynamics / Principle of Conservation of
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Energy - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅energy is neither
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created nor destroyed || ||
2nd Law of Thermodynamics - CORRECT
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ANSWERS(S)✅✅the entropy of an isolated system not in || || || || || || || ||
equilibrium will increase over time || || || ||
Entropy - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅the measure of the
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disorder of a system - refers to spreading out or dispersal
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of energy
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Enthalpy - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅equivalent to total
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heat content of a system
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Equilibrium: Steady State, Static, Unstable/stable - || || || || || ||
CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅the tendency to return to its || || || || || || ||
original state ||
