Exam 2 – TCO 2025 Questions and
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coastal hazard - ✔✔something harmful to coastal oceans, has a negative effect, an event
(phenomenon)
example of coastal hazard - ✔✔storm surge
hurricane
erosion
extreme waves
disaster - ✔✔causes damage
example of disaster - ✔✔damage due to strong hurricane
is climate change a hazard of disaster - ✔✔hazard that causes disaster - impending
What causes climate change - ✔✔greenhouse gases caused by fossil fuel burning being
trapped in the atmosphere
effects of climate change - ✔✔ocean expanding, glaciers melting, stronger storms
compact effects of climate change by - ✔✔mitigation and adaptation
mitigation - ✔✔get rid of reasons for climate change
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, adaptation - ✔✔different ways we adjust ourselves
sea level rise causes - ✔✔land based glaciers melting and ocean expansion
local sea level - ✔✔average sea level of a certain place measured where you are
global sea level - ✔✔measured by NASA with altimeter jason satellites for 30 yrs
impacts of sea level rise - ✔✔flossing/storm surge, coastal squeeze, ecosystem damage,
erosion, increase in salinity
eustatic sea level - ✔✔changes are caused by alterations in the volume of water in the
worlds oceans
relative sea level - ✔✔changes are caused by land and sea movements from local or
global causes
mean sea level - ✔✔the height of the sea surface relative to a local benchmark, averaged
over a period of time and without the effects of waves and tides
datum - ✔✔reference plane or level for surveying jobs to measure surface elevations
benchmark - ✔✔a post of other permanent mark established at a known elevation that
is used as the basis for measuring the elevation of other topographical points
measuring sea level - ✔✔floaters- use of a 'stilling well'
tide gauges - ruler
altimeter - satellite
proxies - ✔✔measurements of some other physical characteristics are used to infer paleo
climate conditions
3 types of eustasy - ✔✔glacial, tectono, geoidal
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coastal hazard - ✔✔something harmful to coastal oceans, has a negative effect, an event
(phenomenon)
example of coastal hazard - ✔✔storm surge
hurricane
erosion
extreme waves
disaster - ✔✔causes damage
example of disaster - ✔✔damage due to strong hurricane
is climate change a hazard of disaster - ✔✔hazard that causes disaster - impending
What causes climate change - ✔✔greenhouse gases caused by fossil fuel burning being
trapped in the atmosphere
effects of climate change - ✔✔ocean expanding, glaciers melting, stronger storms
compact effects of climate change by - ✔✔mitigation and adaptation
mitigation - ✔✔get rid of reasons for climate change
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, adaptation - ✔✔different ways we adjust ourselves
sea level rise causes - ✔✔land based glaciers melting and ocean expansion
local sea level - ✔✔average sea level of a certain place measured where you are
global sea level - ✔✔measured by NASA with altimeter jason satellites for 30 yrs
impacts of sea level rise - ✔✔flossing/storm surge, coastal squeeze, ecosystem damage,
erosion, increase in salinity
eustatic sea level - ✔✔changes are caused by alterations in the volume of water in the
worlds oceans
relative sea level - ✔✔changes are caused by land and sea movements from local or
global causes
mean sea level - ✔✔the height of the sea surface relative to a local benchmark, averaged
over a period of time and without the effects of waves and tides
datum - ✔✔reference plane or level for surveying jobs to measure surface elevations
benchmark - ✔✔a post of other permanent mark established at a known elevation that
is used as the basis for measuring the elevation of other topographical points
measuring sea level - ✔✔floaters- use of a 'stilling well'
tide gauges - ruler
altimeter - satellite
proxies - ✔✔measurements of some other physical characteristics are used to infer paleo
climate conditions
3 types of eustasy - ✔✔glacial, tectono, geoidal
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