Oceans and Seas - General Knowledge Questions

A)
Panama Canal
B)
Suez Canal
C)
Kiel Canal
D)
Neil Canal

Correct Answer :   Kiel Canal

Kiel Canal, German Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, English North Sea–Baltic Sea Canal, waterway in northern Germany, extending eastward for 98 km (61 miles) from Brunsbüttelkoog (on the North Sea, at the mouth of the Elbe River) to Holtenau (at Kiel Harbour on the Baltic Sea).

A)
Agulhas
B)
Canaries
C)
Benguela
D)
Oyasio

Correct Answer :   Agulhas

Agulhas currents has a warming influence on the neighbouring coast. The Agulhas Current is the western boundary current of the southwest Indian Ocean. It flows down the east coast of Africa from 27°S to 40°S. It is narrow, swift and strong.

A)
8,120 m
B)
11,022 m
C)
15,250 m
D)
19,854 m

Correct Answer :   11,022 m

A)
Atlantic Ocean
B)
Arctic Ocean
C)
Indian Ocean
D)
Pacific Ocean

Correct Answer :   Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km2 (27,240,000 sq mi) (approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface). It is bounded by Asia on the north, on the west by Africa, on the east by Australia, and on the south by the Southern Ocean or, depending on definition, by Antarctica. It is named after the Indian subcontinent.

A)
Atlantic Ocean
B)
Indian Ocean
C)
Pacific Ocean
D)
Arctic Ocean

Correct Answer :   Arctic Ocean

With an area of about 5.4 million square miles, The Arctic Ocean is about 1.5 times as big as the United States. It is bordered by Greenland, Canada, Norway, Alaska, and Russia. The average depth of the Arctic Ocean is 12,000 feet and it is 17,850 feet at its deepest point.

A)
Bulgaria
B)
Malta
C)
Italy
D)
Libya

Correct Answer :   Bulgaria

A)
North Atlantic Drift
B)
Gulf stream
C)
Kuroshio
D)
Labrador

Correct Answer :   Labrador

Labrador is different from other ocean currents. It is cold in nature. The Labrador Current is a cold current in the North Atlantic Ocean which flows from the Arctic Ocean south along the coast of Labrador and passes around Newfoundland, continuing south along the east coast of Nova Scotia.

A)
Sea of Okhotsk
B)
White sea
C)
Sargasso sea
D)
Tasman sea

Correct Answer :   Sargasso sea

A)
Arctic Ocean
B)
Indian Ocean
C)
South Pacific Ocean
D)
South Atlantic Ocean

Correct Answer :   Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean washes upon southern Asia and separates Africa and Australia.

A)
Sun and the moon
B)
Effects of the moon
C)
Effects of the sun
D)
Gravitational centrifugal or centripetal forces

Correct Answer :   Sun and the moon

Tides are very long waves that move across the oceans. They are caused by the gravitational forces exerted on the earth by the moon, and to a lesser extent, the sun. ... Because the gravitational pull of the moon is weaker on the far side of the Earth, inertia wins, the ocean bulges out and high tide occurs.