IB ESS HL 1.3.1 Sustainability Definition Questions
Practise HL questions on sustainability by testing long-term viability, resource limits, resilience and the welfare of future generations.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2026
- Course
- ESS HL
- Level
- HL
Exam points
- Explain how renewable, locally adapted resource use can preserve system viability over time.
- Assess a practice by separating its environmental, social and economic contributions to sustainability.
- Evaluate strategies against human-welfare thresholds, ecological limits and future generations.
IB ESS HL 1.3.1 Sustainability Definition Questions question 1
Figure:Human activity on and near Inle Lake
Figure:Agriculture of Inle Lake fact file
- Most people living here are self-sufficient farmers and fishermen.
- Houses are built of wood and bamboo on stilts in the lake.
- Inle carp are a staple food; rice is grown on surrounding hillsides.
- Lotus plants provide fibres for weaving; floating gardens use weed from the lake bottom and grow fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes and cauliflowers.
- Floating gardens rise and fall with water levels and use nutrients from the lake.
Using evidence from the figures showing human activity on and near Inle Lake and the agriculture fact file, explain why the people of Inle Lake have lived sustainably until recently.
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