Components of the Earth's Climate System

• what are the components of the earth's climate system?

  altitude, hydrosphere, lithosphere, living things
• what is the atmosphere?

  the layers of gases surrounding earth
• what is ozone?

  the pollution in the troposphere (photochemical smog) and the protection in the stratosphere (it blocks UV)
• what is the hydrosphere?

  the water cycle
• large bodies of water help moderate climate and ice reflects sunlight
• what is the lithosphere?

  land formations (affect climate) and altitude (affects temperature)
• living things

  the carbon cycle and the production of methane