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1. Watch the movie An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Warning (warming) by former United States Vice President Al Gore. The movie was made in 2006, but it is still relevant. It is very educational and informative. Stay open minded, and pay attention to details on how an interacting set of physical, chemical, and biological systems ( atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere) produce a whole Earth as a complete entity. Link to the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ5ug0QPJw8

Question. What is the central theme of An Inconvenient Truth, and how is it conveyed? 200 words

2. Then, Read Chapter 1 from this textbook (attached), and review the PowerPoint (below).

Link to the pdf: https://udc.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/pid-1019453-dt-content-rid-2237838_2/courses/14598-2017Fa/ClimateChapter1%281%29.pdf

Link to the PowerPoint: https://udc.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/pid-1019455-dt-content-rid-2237839_2/courses/14598-2017Fa/Ch01_Earth%27s%20Climate%20as%20a%20Dynamic%20System.%281%29.pdf

Question. What is climate variability? How is climate change both local and global? Elaborate your answers. 200 words

When writing your response, please use your own words and paraphrase what you read in the text or the PPT. You may, of course, use the key words, but insert them into your own phrases. One method of doing this is to look away from the source text when you are writing. Here is a website to help you learn to paraphrase: