Oceanography

Question 1:

What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Answer: Pacific Ocean

Question 2:

What is the term for the continuous flow of seawater driven by wind and currents?
Answer: Ocean circulation

Question 3:

What is the average salinity of ocean water?
Answer: 35 parts per thousand

Question 4:

Which current is known as the “global conveyor belt”?
Answer: Thermohaline circulation

Question 5:

What is the term for underwater mountain chains?
Answer: Mid-ocean ridges

Question 6:

Which trench is the deepest point in the ocean?
Answer: Mariana Trench

Question 7:

What is the primary cause of ocean waves?
Answer: Wind

Question 8:

What is the term for the rising of deep, nutrient-rich water to the surface?
Answer: Upwelling

Question 9:

What is the name of the warm ocean current off the east coast of the United States?
Answer: Gulf Stream

Question 10:

Which ocean is the smallest?
Answer: Arctic Ocean