Oceans And Seas

Question 1

What percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?

Answer 1

71%

Question 2

What percentage of the earth’s water is held in Oceans?

Answer 2

96.5%

Question 3

Which ocean is both the largest and deepest?

Answer 3

The Pacific Ocean

Question 4

What is the name of the deepest part of the ocean, and in which trench can it be found?

Answer 4

The Challenger deep in the Marianna Trench

Question 5

How deep is the deepest part of the ocean in which Marianna trench is found?

Answer 5

10,935

Question 6

Which ocean has the longest coastline?

Answer 6

Atlantic Ocean

Question 7

Historical there have been 4 oceans, being the Arctic , Indian, Pacific and Atlantic however, most countries including the United States now recognize a fifth.

Answer 7

The Southern Ocean

Question 8

What is the average depth of the ocean?

Answer 8

3700 m

Question 9

Which of the following seas lies between Asia and Europe, and is the bounded by Romania , Russia, Turkey, Georgia , Ukraine and Bulgaria ?

Answer 9

Black Sea

Question 10

Name the sea which is off the eastern and south-eastern coast of Spain

Answer 10

The Mediterranean Sea

Question 11

Which Ocean would you find at the northernmost point of the Earth?

Answer 11

Arctic Ocean

Question 12

Name the largest land lock sea in the world?

Answer 12

Caspian Sea

Question 13

Between which two countries is the Tasman sea located?

Answer 13

Australia and New Zealand

Question 14

Covering approximately 20% of the Earth’s surface which Ocean is the second largest?

Answer 14

Atlantic

Question 15

Which manmade waterway connects the pacific and the Atlantic Oceans?

Answer 15

Panama Canal

Question 16

Name the island in the Atlantic Ocean where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plate meet

Answer 16

Iceland

Question 17

How many Oceans does the US border?

Answer 17

3

Question 18

The island of Madagascar is Surrounded by which Ocean?

Answer 18

Indian Ocean

Question 19

In which ocean do you find the huge majority of Oceans?

Answer 19

Pacific Ocean

Question 20

The Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current that passes through which ocean?

Answer 20

Atlantic

Question 21

According to the world register of marine species, how many marine species are currently known to us.

Answer 21

240,000

Question 22

True or false, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest on Earth?

Answer 22

True

Question 23

What percent of the world’s oceans are currently protected ?

Answer 23

7 percent

Question 24

The great pacific garbage Patch is the largest garbage patch on earth, but roughly how does its size compare to that of France?

Answer 24

Triple the size

Question 25

How many Oceans does the equator run through ?

Answer 25

3

Question 26

Which ocean does the Amazon river run towards?

Answer 26

The Atlantic Ocean

Question 27

The longest mountain range in the world amazingly runs along the sea floor, and is called the mid ocean ridge. Just how long is this range?

Answer 27

65000km

Question 28

What percentage of the world’s oceans have been explored and charted by humans.

Answer 28

5 %

Question 29

Phytoplankton in the Ocean among other things are very large contributors to producing the planets oxygen. Just how much of the planet oxygen does the ocean produce?

Answer 29

50%

Question 30

True or false: there are more stars in our galaxy than there is plastic in the Ocean?

Answer 30

False, the 500 times more plastic