What are the components of Earth's climate system? Objective Students will identify the components of Earth’s climate system using a puzzle. Background Earth’s climate system is comprised of many individual parts -- some of them global, like the ocean with its deep currents or the atmosphere with its greenhouse cycle, and some of them local, like rain, wind, the shade of a forest, or the heat trapping pavement of a city. The scientists who are working on the global climate change issue are trying to understand how all of these various components of the climate system fit together. When they ha Duration: 90 Minutes Additional Standards: NGSS 3-ESS2-2. Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world. Essential Question What are the components of Earth's climate system? Objective Students will identify the components of Earth’s climate system using a puzzle. Backg.