Response to Article

Title of Article: Rising Seas

Author of Article: Kate Potter

Link to Article: Rising Seas

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.

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

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

Identify 1 or 2 new words that you are unfamiliar with. 

Find the definition, and use the word in a sentence

WORD	DEFINITION	SENTENCE
Erosion	Erosion is the wearing away of the land by forces such as water, wind, and ice.	Erosion has helped to form many interesting features of the Earth's surface including mountain peaks, valleys, and coastlines.

What are 4 important ideas you’ve got from the text? 

One idea I got from the text was changing to suit 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 increases 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.