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Which of the following views of weather is an example of systems thinking?
Weather consists of several components that each contribute to the overall system.
Weather is a system that determines whether an area will have rain or stay dry.
Weather is a system that can contribute to the overall climate of an area.
Weather has the overall purpose of distributing heat throughout the Earth.
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"Weather is a system that can contribute to the overall climate of an area."
Why: systems thinking emphasizes relationships, interactions and how one system contributes to or produces emergent properties in a larger system (here, weather interacting over time to produce climate). The other options either just name components (1), attribute a single deterministic output (2), or impose a teleological purpose (4), which are not full systems-thinking perspectives.
Why: systems thinking emphasizes relationships, interactions and how one system contributes to or produces emergent properties in a larger system (here, weather interacting over time to produce climate). The other options either just name components (1), attribute a single deterministic output (2), or impose a teleological purpose (4), which are not full systems-thinking perspectives.
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