Response to Article

RESPONSE TO TEXT (ARTICLE)

Title of Article: Rising Seas 

Author of Article: Kate Potter

1. What was the article about? Write a 30 word summary of the article.

This article has taught me a lot of things, like the oceans cover almost three quarters of the planet’s surface and contain 97 percent of the water on Earth. This article has taught me about the breakwater, it is a barrier designed to protect the cost from all the sea damage done. I have read that a house in Ngawi will soon be destroyed due to coastal erosion,  at the southern tip of the North Island, and this article has told why the sea level dropped in 2010 and 2011, and the reason was because Australia soaked up a lot of the water that usually would have fallen in the oceans.

2. What do you think the author’s purpose for writing this article was?

I think that the author wrote this  article because they wanted to tell people how dangerous rising seas are to the world.

3. Identify 3 new words that you are unfamiliar with. Find the definition, and use the word in a sentence

WORD	DEFINITION	SENTENCE
Tide Gauges	A tide gauge is a device for measuring the change in sea level relative to a vertical datum. It is also known as mareograph, marigraph, sea-level recorder and limnimeter.	A tide  gauge is  used to measure extremes or the present level of tidal movement.
Erosion	The process of which land is worn away by water or wind.	Erosion has helped to form many interesting features of the Earth's surface including mountain peaks, valleys, and coastlines.
Adapting	Changing to suit new conditions	Hospitals have had to be adapted for modern medical practice.

4. What are 4 important ideas you’ve got from the text? Write these in your own words.

One idea I got from the text was changing for a difference or new conditions

Another idea I got from the text was that rising sea levels are likely to affect life in New Zealand, with higher tides and larger waves causing erosion, flooding, and other damage.

The third idea I got from the text was that global warming increase in average temperatures around the world most probably caused by human activities

The fourth idea I got from the text was that the sea levels average heights of the surface of the seas.