Global warming is causing sea level to rise for two separate reasons. What are they?

What will be an ideal response?


Water expands as it warms. Therefore as the planet heats up, the existing water in the ocean takes up more space. Separately, melting glaciers are adding more water to the ocean.

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What is the process that changes compacted sediment into a rock?

  1. Crystallization
  2. Lithification
  3. Metamorphism
  4. Weathering

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The energy needed to drive the hydrologic cycle is provided by the sun.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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When marine geologists collect a core of undeformed ocean-floor sediment, they know that the youngest layer is on the top of the core and the oldest is at the bottom because of the principle of ________.

A. supposition B. superposition C. suspension D. inclusion E. cross-cutting relationships

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What describes the threat to survival when a new predator targets the young of a species?

A. limiting factor B. succession C. success factor D. extinction E. biological factor

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