NATS-101 Make-Believe Quiz 3A

FOR M/C SELECT SINGLE BEST ANSWER AMONG CHOICES

These cover material from lecture after Q3 on March 5, and from lecture on March 8.

1. Predicted increase in sea level by the end of this century (as the average of several models), is ______.

A. 1 cm B. 1 m C. 10 m D. 8 cm E. 80 cm F. 800 cm

2. 125,000 years ago in the last interglacial period, sea level _________.

A. was ≥3 m higher than today C. was about the same as today

B. was ≥3 m lower than today D. is not known to us because no tide gages existed

____3. If all of Greenland melts, sea level will rise about

A. 20 feet (6 m) B. 3 feet (1 m) C. 10 m (32 ft) D. 8 cm (0.66 ft) E. 80 cm (2.6 ft) F. 800 cm (26 feet)

4. What is(are) cause(s) of sea-level rise? Which dominate present and future sea-level rise?

5. Give 2 consequences of sea-level rise on coastlines.