IB ESS HL 5.1.2 Soil Composition Questions
Practise IB ESS HL 005.001.002 by applying soil composition concepts to environmental systems questions.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2026
- Course
- ESS HL
- Level
- HL
Exam points
- identify soil components and explain how agriculture, deforestation, tillage, fertilizers and pesticides alter them
- explain how organic matter, nutrients, structure, erosion and contamination affect soil fertility and productivity
- evaluate land-use effects by linking changes in soil composition to sustainability, crop yield and ecosystem services
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IB ESS HL 5.1.2 Soil Composition Questions question 1
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Explain how the production of cash crops (such as pineapples) may have an environmental impact on:
soil
intensive agriculture/monoculture results in soil nutrient depletion/reduction in organic matter;
deforestation for plantations leaves the soil bare contributing to soil erosion;
tillage/ploughing can leave soil prone to erosion;
excessive use of pesticides leading to soil toxification;
use of fertilizers increases soil productivity;
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