IDENTIFY THREE FACTORS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO CLIMACTIC CHANGES I...

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Identify three factors that have contributed to climactic changes in the past 100 years. Describe the effects

that each has had. Discuss possible future effects.

You’ll notice that in this question you do not have the advantage of having the general topic stated for

you. But you can figure it out, and before you go any further in the question that is what you must do. If you

said climate change in the past 100 years,

you would have been correct. Now, you can go ahead and determine

the direction words. They are:

identify, describe,

and discuss.

Here are some verbs which are commonly used by teachers and test preparers to write essay questions:

show

describe

explain

identify

contrast

demonstrate

compare

contrast

discuss

list

summarize cite

prove analyze

evaluate

For each of the questions below, let’s see if you can identify the general topic and then the specific direc-

tions which you must follow to get full credit.