Observation

This question was popular among the candidates and their performance was good.  Most of the candidates who answered the question were able to properly define climate. Quite a good number of them were also able to outline the reasons for which the Koppen’s system of climatic classification is the most widely accepted. The reasons were:

• It is very simple to understand.
• It is objective.
• It is quantitative because numerical values are used for defining boundaries of climatic groups.
• It is commonly used in teaching at various levels of educational institutions.
• It uses more than one parameter for classification.