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

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.
each zone will move further up the mountain;
(shift in rainfall patterns may result in) disappearance of one (or more) type of vegetation;
Marking guidance:
Accept other reasonable responses.
Give credit if candidate identifies one vegetation type and suggests how it will be found at a higher location.
Do not accept "melting of snow" unless related to a change in vegetation.