ConceptConceptDocsDocuments

IB ESS SL 2.5.1 Zonation Question Bank

Explain zonation as spatial change in community composition along an environmental gradient.

Syllabus
First assessment 2026
Course
ESS SL
Level
SL

Exam points

  • identify the successional stage or disturbance response
  • trace community and abiotic changes through time
  • justify the interpretation using ecological evidence

2.5.1—Zonation definition question 1

[Maximum number: 1]
Salinity variation in the Large Ocean Management Area

Figure:Salinity variation in the Large Ocean Management Area

Water-surface temperature variation across the LOMA

Figure:Water-surface temperature variation across the LOMA

temperature scale

Figure:temperature scale

Suggest one reason for the zonation seen in Figure: Water-surface temperature variation across the LOMA.

All question bank results loaded