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IB ESS HL 5.2.1 Land As Finite Resource Questions

Practise IB ESS HL 005.002.001 by applying land as finite resource concepts to environmental systems questions.

Syllabus
First assessment 2026
Course
ESS HL
Level
HL

Exam points

  • identify land as a finite resource and recognise evidence of deforestation, cropland expansion or competing land uses
  • explain how forest policy, cash-crop production and conversion to cropland create pressures on finite land resources
  • apply the case evidence to explain how land-use management or sustainable forest policy can respond to resource pressure

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Study 5.2.1—Land as finite resource conceptsOpen the corresponding Concept lesson for explanations, examples and exam connections.

IB ESS HL 5.2.1 Land As Finite Resource Questions question 1

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Land used in Costa Rica for pineapple production between 1961 and 2013

Figure:Land used in Costa Rica for pineapple production between 1961 and 2013

Conversion to cropland from other land uses in north-eastern Costa Rica (1986-2011)

Figure:Conversion to cropland from other land uses in north-eastern Costa Rica (1986-2011)

cash crops
- Agriculture includes pineapples, bananas, coffee and beef.
- Pineapple production expanded between 1961 and 2013 and cropland expansion converted other land uses.

With reference to Figure: Conversion to cropland from other land uses in north-eastern Costa Rica (1986-2011), identify where most of the additional land for growing crops came from between 1986 and 2011.

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