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Multiple choice geography the properties of sea water properties of sea water oceanic salinity and oceanic temperature oceans : temperature, salinity and density circulation of ocean water

The smallest sea of the world is __________.

  1. Red Sea

  2. Baltic Sea

  3. North Sea

  4. Bering Sea
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B Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice geography the properties of sea water properties of sea water oceanic salinity and oceanic temperature oceans : temperature, salinity and density circulation of ocean water

Basphorus strait connects black sea and ______ sea.

  1. Marmara

  2. Afean

  3. Baltic

  4. Ionian
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A Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice geography the properties of sea water properties of sea water oceanic salinity and oceanic temperature oceans : temperature, salinity and density circulation of ocean water

Bandar Bushehr's is the seaport of ______________.

  1. Egypt

  2. Iran

  3. Iraq

  4. Saudi Arabia
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B Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice geography the properties of sea water properties of sea water oceanic salinity and oceanic temperature oceans : temperature, salinity and density circulation of ocean water

We generally measure the depth of the Sea in _____________.

  1. Feet

  2. Fathoms

  3. Metres

  4. Nautical miles
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B Correct answer
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.
Multiple choice geography the properties of sea water properties of sea water oceanic salinity and oceanic temperature oceans : temperature, salinity and density circulation of ocean water

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
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D Correct answer
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).

Multiple choice geography the properties of sea water properties of sea water oceanic salinity and oceanic temperature oceans : temperature, salinity and density circulation of ocean water

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
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The average surface temperature of the world's oceans generally ranges from about 2 degrees Celsius to 29 degrees Celsius. This range accounts for the variation from polar waters to tropical regions.

Multiple choice geography the properties of sea water properties of sea water oceanic salinity and oceanic temperature oceans : temperature, salinity and density circulation of ocean water

Over millions of years of rain, rivers and streams have washed over rocks containing the compound _____ and carried it into the seas and oceans.

  1. Sodium Chloride

  2. Hydrogen chloride

  3. Sodium Hydroxide

  4. Sodium Bicorbonate
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Over millions of years of rain, rivers and streams have washed over rocks containing the compound Sodium Chloride and carried it into the seas and oceans.

The oceans get saltier due to the rivers that flow into them. Water from the ocean evaporates, and then rains over land and forms rivers. As the rivers flow over the land, things like salt dissolve into the river and are carried out to the sea.

Multiple choice geography the properties of sea water properties of sea water oceanic salinity and oceanic temperature oceans : temperature, salinity and density circulation of ocean water

Which term is used to define the total content of dissolved salts in sea water?

  1. Saltness

  2. Salinity

  3. Salty

  4. None of the above
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Salinity is the saltiness or dissolved salt content in a body of water. Salinity is an important factor in determining many aspects of the chemistry of natural waters and of biological processes within it, and is a thermodynamic state variable that, along with temperature and pressure, governs physical characteristics like the density and heat capacity of the water.

Multiple choice geography the properties of sea water properties of sea water oceanic salinity and oceanic temperature oceans : temperature, salinity and density circulation of ocean water

Relief features that are found in the oceans include ______.

  1. Submarine ridges

  2. Plateaus

  3. Canyons

  4. Terraces

  5. All of these
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E Correct answer
Explanation

The Oceanic relief features are in the form of mountains, basins, plateaus, ridges, canyons and trenches beneath the ocean water. These forms are called Submarine Relief.