Atlantic Challenges Response Answer Key

This extended-response worksheet asks students to choose one major Atlantic-related issue-sea level rise, warming waters, or international cooperation for ocean protection-and write a detailed explanation of its causes, effects, and significance. Students must analyze how the chosen issue affects the Atlantic region, why it matters for ecosystems, economies, or communities, and propose at least one possible solution or action. The activity promotes higher-level critical thinking, scientific reasoning, and structured explanatory writing. Students practice organizing ideas, supporting claims with specifics, and connecting environmental challenges to global cooperation. This worksheet is ideal for strengthening both science literacy and academic writing skills.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Explanatory Writing and Idea Development

Science – Human Impacts on Earth’s Systems

Social Studies – Global Challenges and International Cooperation

Science – Climate and Environmental Change

English Language Arts – Critical Thinking and Evidence-Based Explanation

This worksheet is part of our Atlantic Ocean Worksheets collection.