IB ESS SL 1.2.14 Model Limitations Questions
Practise SL questions on model limitations by judging simplification, unreliable inputs, changing conditions and uncertain environmental predictions.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2026
- Course
- ESS SL
- Level
- SL
Exam points
- Explain food-web model strengths and weaknesses: visible relationships, predictions and omitted information.
- Explain why changing biotic or abiotic conditions can make model-derived maximum sustainable yield unreliable.
- Outline how approximation, incomplete data and changing conditions reduce projection reliability.
- Interpret ozone model projections cautiously when behaviour, new substances or policy compliance may change.
- Evaluate age–gender pyramids by weighing planning value against simplified or incomplete demographic data.
IB ESS SL 1.2.14 Model Limitations Questions question 1
Figure:Observed and projected changes in global stratospheric ozone
Key:
- Annually averaged data
- Average of atmospheric model projections
Outline one factor that may affect the reliability of the model projections in Figure 2.
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