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What Causes the Sea Level to Rise?
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Reading passage
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Audio narration
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This NGSS-aligned middle school passage explains the major causes of sea level rise, including melting glaciers and thermal expansion of warming oceans. Students will learn how climate change is increasing ocean levels and how human activity, such as damaging coastal ecosystems, can make the problem worse. The passage also introduces key vocabulary like permafrost, storm surge, and ice sheets. It supports Earth and Human Activity standards while helping students connect scientific causes to real-world impacts in coastal cities. Ideal for building climate literacy and critical thinking in science classes.
Written by Neha Goel TripathiPublished by Workybooks
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Perfect for the way you teach
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Topics
sea level risemelting glaciersthermal expansionpermafrostcoastal floodingNGSS climate science
