Santa Monica College World Climates Essay

Overview

1. What are the five parts of the world's climate system?
2. List the five principal climate groups of the Koppen Classification system.
3. List three human activities that have been blamed for impacting the global climate as described in the Chapter 20 voice-over presentation?
4. Other than carbon dioxide(CO2) and water vapor (H2O), what are two trace gases that are thought to increase the greenhouse effect and thus global temperatures?
5. What are aerosols and what is the overall effect that aerosols appear to have on global temperatures, according to our textbook and Chapter 20 voice-over presentation?