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Questions Related to circulation of ocean water

Cuba is situated in _________ Sea.

  1. Caribbean

  2. Mediterranean

  3. Cabrador

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean where the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean meet. It is east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the U.S. state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Haiti and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.

Sea mounts with flat-topped profiles are called ________.

  1. Atolls

  2. Guyot

  3. Ridge

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In marine geology, a guyot , also known as a tablemount, is an isolated underwater volcanic mountain (seamount) with a flat top more than 200 m (660 ft) below the surface of the sea. The diameters of these flat summits can exceed 10 km (6.2 mi).

What is meant by an ocean?

  1. Huge water bodies

  2. Huge continents

  3. Huge land mass

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The ocean basins are huge depressions of great depth, usually more than 2000 m, having basaltic floors with varying topographic feature. Nearly 70.8 per cent of the earth's surface is covered by water. The ocean has saline water body and home of nearly 1.4 lakh species and also believed the first homes of all living organisms.

The smallest sea of the world is __________.

  1. Red Sea

  2. Baltic Sea

  3. North Sea

  4. Bering Sea


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The smallest sea on Earth is the Baltic Sea. This sea is about 146,000 square feet. It lies along the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe and is bordered by Poland, Russia, Sweden and Finland.

Basphorus strait connects black sea and ______ sea.

  1. Marmara

  2. Afean

  3. Baltic

  4. Ionian


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Basphorus strait connects black sea and Marmara sea.
The Bosporus Strait (or Bosphorus) connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara. It also separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey (Trace), thus it separates the two continents. Bordered on both sides by the massive city of Istanbul, the strait is one of the planet's most strategic waterways.

Bandar Bushehr's is the seaport of ______________.

  1. Egypt

  2. Iran

  3. Iraq

  4. Saudi Arabia


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Bandar-e Būshehr, also called Būshehr, Bushir, Bushire, or Būshahr, port city and capital of Būshehr province, southwestern Iran. It lies near the head of the Persian Gulf at the northern end of a flat and narrow peninsula that is connected with the mainland by tidal marshes.

We generally measure the depth of the Sea in _____________.

  1. Feet

  2. Fathoms

  3. Metres

  4. Nautical miles


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Fathoms
Water depths are measured by soundings usually acquired by hydrographic surveys. The depths may be in either feet or fathoms (the chart will indicate which). A fathom is a nautical unit of measurement and is equal to six feet. Sonar devices are used to measure the depth of the sea.

Which sea is located in Central Asia?

  1. Red Sea

  2. North Sea

  3. Aral Sea

  4. Japan Sea


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Aral Sea
The Aral Sea is situated in Central Asia, between the Southern part of Kazakhstan and Northern Uzbekistan.

Approximate area of Okhotsk Sea is _____________.

  1. 11,41,000 sq. km

  2. 13,41,390 sq. km

  3. 14, 47,200 sq. km

  4. 15,83,000 sq. km


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Sea of Okhotsk covers an area of 1,583,000 square kilometres (611,000 sq mi), with a mean depth of 859 metres (2,818 ft) and a maximum depth of 3,372 metres (11,063 ft).

Normally, the temperature in the oceans varies from _____.

  1. 1 degree C to 19 degree C

  2. 2 degree C to 29 degree C

  3. 3 degree C to 39 degree C

  4. 4 degree C to 49 degree C


Correct Option: B