IB ESS SL 3.1.9 Biodiversity Knowledge for Conservation Questions
Explain how biodiversity data guide conservation priorities and decisions.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2026
- Course
- ESS SL
- Level
- SL
Exam points
- explain why baseline or control data are needed to measure the effect of pollution, tourism, fertiliser or invasive species
- identify sampling and data-availability limitations for mobile, migratory, deep-water or difficult-to-observe species
- use evidence quality and data coverage to justify a conservation-status or biodiversity conclusion
IB ESS SL 3.1.9 Biodiversity Knowledge for Conservation Questions question 1
[Maximum number: 1]
Suggest one reason why there is insufficient data available to categorise the conservation status of a large proportion of marine mammals, as shown in Figure: Conservation status of indigenous species groups in New Zealand.
a. Lack of expertise / lack of technology for underwater research;
b. Lack of existing relevant keys/identification resources;
c. Difficulty in identifying/sampling species in the water (due to turbidity/reduced visibility);
d. Species can be difficult to find in deep water / difficult to find species hiding on seabed/under rocks/within vegetation;
e. Large size of oceans so difficult to explore;
f. Species migrate making them difficult to find at certain times of the year / species are motile moving from one location to another and therefore difficult to identify;
g. Insufficient human resources;
Marking guidance:
Do not accept only 'difficult to access the water" or "some areas are inaccessible".
Do not accept "difficult to explore/find" without giving reason.
Do not accept only "migration".
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