Multiple choice

Which of the following layers of oceans over middle and low latitude is known as thermocline layer?

  1. First layer

  2. Second layer

  3. Third layer

  4. Fourth layer

  5. A discontinuity between first and second layer
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The second layer called the thermocline layer lies below the first layer and is characterized by rapid decrease in temperature with increasing depth.

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