Core 2.1 Causes of Global Climate Change

Questions: 

In groups and without using your computer. You will be given paper to draw annotated diagrams explaining the following: 

• 1 Describe how heat is transferred from the tropics towards the poles

• 2. Using an annotated diagram only:

  • Illustrate the variations in temperature and pressure with altitude in the atmosphere.

  • Explain what happens to incoming solar radiation as it passes through the earth’s atmosphere.

Global Climate Change

In groups of 2, answer the Activity 3, # 1, 2, 3 questions in Nagle and Cook p. 434-5

Then, write a thesis statement for the following IB style questions:

• "The causes of global climate change are human." Discuss this statement

• Suggest how globalization is linked to the enhanced greenhouse effect. 

• "HICs are responsible for mitigating the causes of global climate change." Discuss this statement

Remember, a good thesis statement:

• tells the reader how you will interpret the significance of the subject matter under discussion.

• is a road map for the paper; in other words, it tells the reader what to expect from the rest of the paper.

• directly answers the question asked of you. A thesis is an interpretation of a question or subject, not the subject itself. The subject, or topic, of an essay might be World War II or Moby Dick; a thesis must then offer a way to understand the war or the novel.

• makes a claim that others might dispute.

• is usually a single sentence somewhere in your first paragraph that presents your argument to the reader. The rest of the paper, the body of the essay, gathers and organizes evidence that will persuade the reader of the logic of your interpretation.

• Every word of your essay should is nome way relate to your thesis statement

Source: http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/thesis-statements/