Oceans And Seas Flashcards
What percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
71%
What percentage of the earth’s water is held in Oceans?
96.5%
Which ocean is both the largest and deepest?
The Pacific Ocean
What is the name of the deepest part of the ocean, and in which trench can it be found?
The Challenger deep in the Marianna Trench
How deep is the deepest part of the ocean in which Marianna trench is found?
10,935
Which ocean has the longest coastline?
Atlantic Ocean
Historical there have been 4 oceans, being the Arctic , Indian, Pacific and Atlantic however, most countries including the United States now recognize a fifth.
The Southern Ocean
What is the average depth of the ocean?
3700 m
Which of the following seas lies between Asia and Europe, and is the bounded by Romania , Russia, Turkey, Georgia , Ukraine and Bulgaria ?
Black Sea
Name the sea which is off the eastern and south-eastern coast of Spain
The Mediterranean Sea
Which Ocean would you find at the northernmost point of the Earth?
Arctic Ocean
Name the largest land lock sea in the world?
Caspian Sea
Between which two countries is the Tasman sea located?
Australia and New Zealand
Covering approximately 20% of the Earth’s surface which Ocean is the second largest?
Atlantic
Which manmade waterway connects the pacific and the Atlantic Oceans?
Panama Canal
Name the island in the Atlantic Ocean where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plate meet
Iceland
How many Oceans does the US border?
3
The island of Madagascar is Surrounded by which Ocean?
Indian Ocean
In which ocean do you find the huge majority of Oceans?
Pacific Ocean
The Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current that passes through which ocean?
Atlantic
According to the world register of marine species, how many marine species are currently known to us.
240,000
True or false, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest on Earth?
True
What percent of the world’s oceans are currently protected ?
7 percent
The great pacific garbage Patch is the largest garbage patch on earth, but roughly how does its size compare to that of France?
Triple the size
How many Oceans does the equator run through ?
3
Which ocean does the Amazon river run towards?
The Atlantic Ocean
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?
65000km
What percentage of the world’s oceans have been explored and charted by humans.
5 %
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?
50%
True or false: there are more stars in our galaxy than there is plastic in the Ocean?
False, the 500 times more plastic
