WorksheetsThe Bay of Bengal
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
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
