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Global warming


The world’s oceans have warmed 50 percent faster over the last 40 years than previously thought due to climate change, Australian and US climate researchers reported Wednesday. Higher ocean temperatures expand the volume of water, contributing to a rise in sea levels that is submerging small island nations and threatening to wreak havoc in low-lying, denselypopulated delta regions around the globe.

The study, published ....................... the British journal Nature,adds ....................... a growing scientific chorus of warnings ....................... the pace and consequences rising oceans. It also serves as a corrective to a massive report issued last year ....................... the Nobel-winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), according to the authors. 

Rising sea levels are driven by two things: the thermal expansion of sea water, and additional water from melting sources of ice. Both processes are caused by global warming. The ice sheet that sits atop Greenland, for example, contains enough water to raise world ocean levels by seven metres (23 feet), which would bury sea-level cities from Dhaka to Shanghai.

Trying to figure out how much each of these factors contributes to rising sea levels is critically important to understanding climate change, and forecasting future temperature rises, scientists say. But up to now, there has been a perplexing gap between the projections of computer-based climate models, and the observations of scientists gathering data from the oceans.

The new study, led by Catia Domingues of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, is the first to reconcile the models with observed data. Using new techniques to assess ocean temperatures to a depth of 700 metres (2,300 feet) from 1961 to 2003, it shows that thermal warming contributed to a 0.53 millimetre-per-year rise in sea levels rather than the 0.32 mm rise reported by the IPCC.

Identify the alternatives below as ( T )rue or ( F )alse.


( ) The following underlined words: “…important to understanding climate change, and forecasting future temperature rises …” , are examples of gerund forms.

( ) The word “rising”, in the following sentence: “Rising sea levels are driven by two things…..” means ‘decreasing’.

( ) The word ‘Higher’ is being used in the text to compare ocean’s temperature.

( ) The singular form of ‘data’ is ‘datum’.


The alternative which presents the correct sequence from top to bottom is:

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( T ) The following underlined words: “…important to understanding climate change, and forecasting future temperature rises …”, are examples of gerund forms.
Esta afirmativa é Verdadeira. As palavras "understanding" e "forecasting" estão no gerúndio, ou seja, são formas verbais terminadas em "-ing" que funcionam como substantivos na frase.

( F ) The word “rising”, in the following sentence: “Rising sea levels are driven by two things…..” means ‘decreasing’.
Esta afirmativa é Falsa. A palavra "rising" significa "aumentando" ou "em elevação", e não "decreasing" (diminuindo). Portanto, está incorreto.

( T ) The word ‘Higher’ is being used in the text to compare ocean’s temperature.
Esta afirmativa é Verdadeira. A palavra "higher" está sendo usada no texto para comparar as temperaturas dos oceanos ao longo do tempo, indicando que estão mais altas.

( T ) The singular form of ‘data’ is ‘datum’.
Esta afirmativa é Verdadeira. "Data" é o plural de "datum". No entanto, no uso comum em inglês moderno, "data" é frequentemente tratado como um substantivo incontável, similar a "information".

Portanto, a sequência correta é B - T • F • T • T.

As demais alternativas estão incorretas por um dos seguintes motivos:

A - T • T • T • F - Incorreta porque a segunda afirmativa não é verdadeira.

C - T • F • F • T - Incorreta porque a terceira afirmativa deveria ser verdadeira.

D - F • T • T • F - Incorreta porque a primeira e a última afirmativas não são falsas.

E - F • T • F • F - Incorreta porque a primeira e terceira afirmativas deveriam ser verdadeiras.

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