IB Biology HL A4.2.4 Ecosystem loss Question Bank

Practise IB Biology HL A4.2.4 by evaluating satellite and field evidence for deforestation, climate stress and habitat-driven biodiversity decline.

Exam points

Interpret satellite evidence to identify logging or plantation expansion as causes of forest loss.
Explain how habitat loss reduces food, shelter and reproductive success in endangered species.

[Maximum number: 1]

The satellite images show changes in the area covered by forest, much of which is mixed dipterocarp forest, on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia.

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Which human activities are most likely to have caused the changes shown in the map?

Logging and palm oil plantation

Logging and rewilding

Mining and afforestation

Afforestation and palm oil plantation

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A4.2.4—Ecosystem loss causes question 1