The Bay of Bengal

About how large is the Bay of Bengal?

• 840,000

• 830,000

• 790,000

• 795,000

About how many miles wide is the Bay of Bengal?

• 10,000

• 1,000

• 100

• 100,000

Approximately where does the Bay of Bengal lie?

• between latitudes 5° and 22° N and longitudes 80° and 90° W

• between latitudes 4° and 23° N and longitudes 85° and 92° E

• between latitudes 5° and 22° N and longitudes 80° and 90° E

• between latitudes 7° and 20° N and longitudes 75° and 87° E

True or False: The climate of the Bay of Bengal is dominated by the monsoons.

• True

• False

Bay of Bengal impact on marine life

• Negative impact

• Positive impact

Sediments in the Bay of Bengal are dominated by terrigenous deposits from the rivers, derived mainly from the Indian subcontinent and from the Himalayas.

• True

• False

• Partially true and partially false

What is the maximum depth of the Bay of Bengal?

• 14,900

• 15,400

• 1,540

• 1,490

There is a sea snake in the Bay of Bengal called...

• the Kerilia jerdonii

• the Laticauda

• the Enhydrina schistosa

• the Hydrophiidae

Around 18% of the world's fisherman live and work in the Bay of Bengal

• True: 18% live and work in the Bay of Bengal to clean it up

• False: 42% live and work in the Bay of Bengal

• True: 18% live and work in the Bay of Bengal to get money

• False: 31% live and work in the Bay of Bengal

At one point the Bay of Bengal used to be deeper than the...

• Tonga Trench

• Marina Trench

• Galathea Trench

• Kuril-Kamchatka Trench