IB ESS HL 2.1.14 Human Carrying Capacity Question Bank
Assess how consumption, technology and resource availability affect human carrying capacity.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2026
- Course
- ESS HL
- Level
- HL
Exam points
- identify the population or ecosystem process in the evidence
- apply the correct interaction, growth or sampling model
- justify the conclusion using limiting factors, assumptions and uncertainty
2.1.14—Human carrying capacity question 1
[Maximum number: 4]
Outline the difficulties in determining the carrying capacity of the human population.
carrying capacity for humans difficult to determine because:
a. human ingenuity, meaning that humans are able to substitute one material for another;
b. variations in lifestyles;
c. technological developments that give rise to continual changes in the resources required and that are available for consumption;
d. wide range of resources used;
e. importation of resources;
f. climate change may cause significant/rapid changes in resource availability;
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