CourseCourse QuestionQuestion

IB Environmental Systems and Societies

Topic 1: Foundation

Topic 2: Ecology

Topic 3: Biodiversity and conservation

Topic 6: Atmosphere and climate change

Topic 7: Natural resources

Topic 8: Human populations and urban systems

8.1 Human populations

8.2 Urban systems and urban planning

8.3 Urban air pollution

8.3.1—Urban air pollutants

8.3.2—Primary pollutant sources

8.3.3—Fossil fuel combustion

8.3.4—Management strategies

8.3.5—Acid rain formation

8.3.6—Acid rain impacts

8.3.7—Acid rain management

8.3.8 (HL)—Photochemical smog

8.3.9 (HL)—Smog intensification factors

8.3.10 (HL)—Tropospheric ozone direct impacts

8.3.11 (HL)—Tropospheric ozone indirect impacts

HL.a Environmental law

HL.b Environmental economics

HL.c Environmental ethics

IB/ESS/HL//Concept/Topic 8: Human populations and urban systems/8.3 Urban air pollution/8.3.7—Acid rain management

Topic 8: Human populations and urban systems

Syllabus: First assessment 2026
Section: —
Level: HL

Exam analysis

Most tested topics

Human populations
Urban systems and urban planning
Urban air pollution
HL.a Environmental law
HL.b Environmental economics
HL.c Environmental ethics