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IB ESS SL 2.4.7 Global Warming Effects Question Bank

Analyse how warming changes climate patterns, biomes and environmental processes.

Syllabus
First assessment 2026
Course
ESS SL
Level
SL

Exam points

  • identify the climate or biome pattern in the evidence
  • apply circulation, heat or precipitation relationships
  • justify impacts using climate-system processes

2.4.7—Global warming effects question 1

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Altitude-related vegetation zones in the Andes

Figure:Altitude-related vegetation zones in the Andes

the succession model shown above shows how vegetation changes with altitude in the Andean mountain chain in South America.

Suggest one way in which the pattern of vegetation shown in the succession model shown above might change as a result of global warming.

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