Practice 2 Global Climate - Vulnerability and Resilience with authentic IB Geography exam questions for both SL and HL students. This question bank mirrors Paper 1, 2, 3 structure, covering key topics like physical geography, human geography, and geospatial analysis. Get instant solutions, detailed explanations, and build exam confidence with questions in the style of IB examiners.
Paper
Level
Question 1
SL & HLPaper 2
1.[2]
Define the term maladaptation and outline one reason why it may occur.
2.[4]
Suggest two reasons why climate-related data is often insufficient or unreliable in low-income countries.
3.[4]
Explain two ways in which long-term climate change may amplify existing socio-economic inequalities within countries.
4.[1]
The graph shows the impact of adaptation on crop yields in a warmer climate
Sources: Sara Minoli (2022)
Identify which crop shows the greatest projected increase in yield from combined adaptation strategies.
5.[4]
Explain two reasons why implementing these adaptation strategies might be more difficult in low-income countries.
6.[2]
Discuss one limitation of relying on adaptation to safeguard future food security under climate change.
7.[3]
Compare the effectiveness of shifting planting dates alone with combined strategies across all crops.
Question 2
SL & HLPaper 2
1.[4]
Suggest two reasons why climate-related hazards may have greater impacts in rapidly urbanising low-income countries.
2.[6]
Explain three ways in which climate change may lead to increased environmental injustice between countries at different levels of development.
3.[2]
The Map shows the the Sea Level projections globally.
Source: World Trade Organization/Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (WTO/CRED)
Identify the two most frequent types of natural disasters in the 2000s.
4.[4]
Suggest two reasons for the increase in the number of recorded natural disasters since the 1980s.
5.[4]
Discuss two implications of increased climate-related disasters for national adaptation planning.
Question 3
SL & HLPaper 2
Source: GermanWatch
1.[2]
Outline the role of international agreements in reducing global climate vulnerability.
2.[4]
Suggest two reasons why cities are often more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change than rural areas.
3.[6]
Explain how environmental and socioeconomic factors interact to influence the resilience of a population to climate-related hazards.
Question 4
SL & HLPaper 2
1.[10]
Analyze the economic impacts of climate change on global tourism.