Ocean's Impact on Climate Activity Worksheet
Kari Collins, 10/4/24
1. 190 yearly ice lost in 1980 and 650 in 2010.
2. That overtime there is more ice that is lost when it goes further into the years.
3. A melting glacier affects the ocean because when it melts, the runoff goes into the ocean, and that raises sea levels.
4. The warm water might have problems moving north if more cold water is added.
5. We would have more cold water coming in and the warmer water would have a harder time moving towards us.
Inquiry Chart How does solar radiation How do the ocean currents How does climate change How does climate change affect the
affect climate? affect climate? affect the ocean? biodiversity of marine ecosystems?
What I think I think it can affect the climate by I think they can affect the I think they can affect the climate by I think it can affect biodiversity by heating
increasing the warmth of the climate by moving around making the water warmer. the water too much that it could damage
earth, furthering greenhouse different water temperatures to or harm biodiversity.
gases. different places.
Source 1 Leson 02.05 Lesson 02.05 Lesson 02.05 Lesson 02.05
One sentence The sun’s radiation that doesn't The ocean helps regulate As climate changes, oceans Habitats can be lost, higher levels of
summary get reflected back into space atmospheric temperatures by temperatures rise. This can affect carbon dioxide can cause a chemical
heats the land and water. moving both cold and warm marine life. change in the water, food webs can be
water around the globe. disrupted, Warmer Ocean waters cause
bleaching events at coral reef
ecosystems.
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One sentence Solar radiation warms the Currents move water with Climate change can create a warmer “Corals are particularly vulnerable to rising
summary atmosphere and produces wind temperatures at odds with the temperature for water, which can temperatures and ocean acidification can
patterns due to uneven solar air above. The displaced water also cause sea levels to rise. make it harder for shellfish and corals in the
energy across the Earth´s affects the air by warming or upper ocean to form shells and hard
surfaces. cooling it. skeletons. We have also seen changes in
occurrence of marine algae blooms.”
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One sentence Solar radiation can affect climate Currents affect the Earth's Climate change is altering “The warming of the ocean creates a rising
summary by changing the rate of solar climate by driving warm water hurricanes, the warmer water there sea level that hurts the survival of habitat-
heating of the Earth and from the Equator and cold is, the stronger the hurricane can get. forming species such as sea grasses and
atmosphere, and indirectly, by water from the poles and go mangroves, amongst other issues.”
changing cloud forming around the Earth with the
processes. water.
Summary in my Solar radiation affects the climate Ocean currents affect climate Climate change affects the ocean by Climate change affects the biodiversity of
own words: by heating the water and land, by constantly moving warm warming waters, which can alter marine ecosystems by altering the living
creating other effects that go along and cold water around the hurricanes and make them worse conditions that certain organisms thrive
with it. globe, in which the water also and cause sea levels to rise. in, which could possibly harm species.
either cools or warms the air.
