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- A. About 87%
- B. About 97%
- C. About 67%
- D. About 77%
Explanation: About 97% of Earth's water is salty ocean water; only a small fraction is fresh.
Correct answer: About 97%- A. The Southern Ocean
- B. The Atlantic Ocean
- C. The Indian Ocean
- D. The Pacific Ocean
Explanation: The Pacific is by far the largest of the world's oceans.
Correct answer: The Pacific Ocean- A. The Atlantic Ocean
- B. The Southern Ocean
- C. The Arctic Ocean
- D. The Indian Ocean
Explanation: The Atlantic ranks second to the Pacific in surface area.
Correct answer: The Atlantic Ocean- A. The Indian Ocean
- B. The Arctic Ocean
- C. The Atlantic Ocean
- D. The Southern Ocean
Explanation: The Indian Ocean is the third-largest ocean.
Correct answer: The Indian Ocean- A. The Atlantic Ocean
- B. The Southern Ocean
- C. The Arctic Ocean
- D. The Indian Ocean
Explanation: The Southern Ocean, surrounding Antarctica, is the fourth-largest.
Correct answer: The Southern Ocean- A. The Southern Ocean
- B. The Indian Ocean
- C. The Arctic Ocean
- D. The Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the five oceans.
Correct answer: The Arctic Ocean- A. Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, Arctic, Southern
- B. Indian, Pacific, Atlantic, Southern, Arctic
- C. Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern
- D. Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic
Explanation: By area the order is Pacific, then Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and finally Arctic.
Correct answer: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic- A. The Pacific Ocean
- B. The Southern Ocean
- C. The Atlantic Ocean
- D. The Indian Ocean
Explanation: The Pacific is not only the largest but also the deepest ocean.
Correct answer: The Pacific Ocean- A. The Puerto Rico Trench floor
- B. The Java Trench floor
- C. Challenger Deep
- D. The South Sandwich Trench floor
Explanation: Challenger Deep is the deepest surveyed point in the oceans.
Correct answer: Challenger Deep- A. The Tonga Trench
- B. The Philippine Trench
- C. The Puerto Rico Trench
- D. The Mariana Trench
Explanation: Challenger Deep is at the southern end of the Mariana Trench.
Correct answer: The Mariana Trench- A. The western Pacific
- B. The eastern Pacific
- C. The central Pacific
- D. The southeastern Pacific
Explanation: The Mariana Trench lies in the western Pacific, east of the Mariana Islands.
Correct answer: The western Pacific- A. The Mariana Trench
- B. The Puerto Rico Trench
- C. The South Sandwich Trench
- D. The Romanche Trench
Explanation: The Puerto Rico Trench holds the Atlantic's greatest depth.
Correct answer: The Puerto Rico Trench- A. The South Pacific Ocean
- B. The Austral Ocean
- C. The Antarctic Ocean
- D. The Polar Ocean
Explanation: The Southern Ocean is also widely called the Antarctic Ocean.
Correct answer: The Antarctic Ocean- A. The Equator
- B. The Tropic of Capricorn
- C. The Antarctic Circle
- D. 60 degrees south latitude
Explanation: The Southern Ocean is generally taken to extend north to 60°S.
Correct answer: 60 degrees south latitude- A. The Arctic Ocean
- B. The Atlantic Ocean
- C. The Southern Ocean
- D. The Pacific Ocean
Explanation: The geographic North Pole lies in the Arctic Ocean's ice-covered waters.
Correct answer: The Arctic Ocean- A. The Southern Ocean
- B. The Pacific Ocean
- C. The Atlantic Ocean
- D. The Indian Ocean
Explanation: The Atlantic separates the Americas (west) from Europe and Africa (east).
Correct answer: The Atlantic Ocean- A. The Indian Ocean
- B. The Atlantic Ocean
- C. The Arctic Ocean
- D. The Pacific Ocean
Explanation: The Pacific stretches between Asia-Australia on its western side and the Americas on its eastern side.
Correct answer: The Pacific Ocean- A. The Indian Ocean
- B. The Southern Ocean
- C. The Pacific Ocean
- D. The Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The Indian Ocean is bounded by Africa to the west and Australia to the east.
Correct answer: The Indian Ocean- A. The Atlantic Ocean
- B. The Arctic Ocean
- C. The Pacific Ocean
- D. The Indian Ocean
Explanation: Russia's long northern coastline faces the Arctic Ocean.
Correct answer: The Arctic Ocean- A. The Indian Ocean
- B. The Pacific Ocean
- C. The Arctic Ocean
- D. The Southern Ocean
Explanation: Asia's eastern seaboard, including China and Japan, faces the Pacific.
Correct answer: The Pacific Ocean