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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

Rocks of oceanic crust have a density of _______________.

  1. 5.0g/cm$^{3}$
  2. 4.0g/cm$^{3}$
  3. 3.0g/cm$^{3}$

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The oceanic crust is much thinner, ranging from 5 to 10 km thick. The continental crust has an average density of 3.0 g/cm3 and is composed primarily of felsic rock.

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

Cuba is situated in _________ Sea.

  1. Caribbean

  2. Mediterranean

  3. Cabrador

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
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.

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

Sea mounts with flat-topped profiles are called ________.

  1. Atolls

  2. Guyot

  3. Ridge

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
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).

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

What is meant by an ocean?

  1. Huge water bodies

  2. Huge continents

  3. Huge land mass

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
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.

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.