Geography Question

Key Information:

prepare a two-page typed essay body. Answer both questions with 20 well-developed points of information (10 points each) in a total of two pages. This typed two-page essay body is open; open book, open notes, and open internet. Use your own words. If you don’t write it yourself using your own words, you have plagiarized or quoted. Quotes don’t earn points. Cite (in-text) and reference (after the 2-page body) all non-class (outside) sources to avoid plagiarism.

Prompt:

1. Place the title, course number and section, your name, and the date on the top part of Page 1. (2% of your grade)
2. Place a 4 or more-sentence introduction, introducing your three climates, climate change gases, their effects, and why we should care. (4% of your grade)
3. In the 2 pages (and 2 PAGES ONLY) of the body of your work, answer the following two items:
   1. What are the climate types of three major climate categories in these cities: Santa Barbara, Seattle, and Chicago? (10% of your grade)
   2. What are the different causes of the three major climate categories in these cities? (10% of your grade)
   3. How do these causes affect the dominant temperature and precipitation patterns of these climates? (10% of your grade)
   4. How do these climates affect plants and animals in each region? (10% of your grade)
4. What are the major U.S. contributions to CO2 and CH4 (greenhouse gases) today (10 points of information) and how can the U.S. reduce them (10 more points of information)? (10 clear, well-developed causes and proposed changes, 40% of your grade)
5. Add a conclusion on page 4 with 4 key points from the Two-Page body of your essay. (4% of your grade)