Climate and Oceanography Quiz

What is the term for the height of the ocean surface relative to a fixed, unmoving reference point?

• Global mean sea level

• Absolute sea-level

• Glacio-isostatic adjustment

• Coastal erosion

What is the ability to reflect sunlight called?

• Albedo

• Greenhouse effect

• Climate engineering

• Atlantification

What does Atlantification refer to?

• The increase in volume of the world's oceans

• The exchange of water between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans

• The removal of beach sediments by wave action

• The effect of trapping heat on a planet's surface

What is the term for long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns?

• Climate change

• Cryosphere

• Glacial adjustment

• Coastal erosion

Who are climate refugees?

• People forced to leave their homes due to environmental disruption

• Engineers working on climate solutions

• Scientists studying sea levels

• Tourists visiting glaciers

What is the cryosphere?

• The portion of Earth's surface where water is in solid form

• The average height of the ocean surface

• The effect of trapping heat on a planet's surface

• The increase in volume of the world's oceans

What is a glacier?

• A slowly moving mass of ice

• A gas that absorbs radiant energy

• A method of climate engineering

• A type of coastal erosion

What does glacio-isostatic adjustment (GIA) refer to?

• The long-term response of Earth's systems to the redistribution of ice and water

• The increase in volume of the world's oceans

• The effect of trapping heat on a planet's surface

• The removal of beach sediments by wave action

What is the greenhouse effect?

• The effect caused by trapping some of the heat a planet's surface radiates

• The removal of beach sediments by wave action

• The exchange of water between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans

• The ability to reflect sunlight

What is a greenhouse gas?

• A gas that absorbs radiant energy at thermal infrared wavelengths

• A slowly moving mass of ice

• A method of climate engineering

• A portion of Earth's surface where water is in solid form