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WorksheetsRising Sea Levels Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is the term for the height of the ocean surface relative to a fixed, unmoving reference point?
Albedo
Absolute sea-level
Climate change
Glacier
The ability to reflect sunlight is known as ______.
Albedo
Climate engineering
Global mean sea level
Greenhouse effect
What is 'hard armoring'?
Building structures to protect coastlines using rock, concrete, and steel
A type of ice sheet
A method of measuring sea level
A process of rewilding.
Fill in the blank: The branch of science concerned with the properties of the earth's water is called ______.
Hydrology
Salinity
Rewilding
Managed retreat
What is salinity intrusion?
When freshwater rises and alters saltwater sources
When salt water rises from oceans and begins to alter freshwater sources
When salt water decreases in the ocean
When freshwater decreases in rivers.
Sea-level rise (SLR) is the upward trend in average ______ height.
mountain
river
sea-level
tree
What is soft armoring?
Using concrete to protect shorelines
Using natural materials to protect shorelines
Building walls to protect shorelines
Removing vegetation from shorelines.
A sponge city is a nature-based solution to urban flooding that uses natural resources like ______, vegetation, and open areas to absorb and dissipate water.
concrete
wetlands
asphalt
metal
What is a storm surge?
Water that is pushed toward the shore by the force of the winds swirling around the storm
A decrease in the elevation of the land surface
An increase in ocean temperature
A type of rainfall.
Subsidence is a decrease in the elevation of the ______.
ocean
land surface
mountain
sky
Thermal expansion occurs when the ocean warms, seawater becomes less dense and ______, raising sea levels.
contracts
evaporates
expands
freezes
