WorksheetsOceanography Quiz 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 24mins
What percentage of the earth's surface is covered by water?
90%
66%
70%
51%
What is the average temperature of the world's oceans?
39 F
44 F
31.5 F
49 F
None of the choices
Which one of the following studies best supports the field of oceanography?
kinesiology
climate change
ancestry
metallurgy
none of the choices
True or False: All of the Earth's oceans are separate from one another due to weather patterns and other meteorological events.
(a)
Less than 3% of the earth's non-saline/salt water comes from these sources EXCEPT:
lakes
ice caps
co2 emmisions
ground water
rivers
How many total square miles do the oceans cover on earth?
(a)
True or False: The average depth of the earth's oceans is 3,796 meters.
(a)
Please select the correct age combination for the earth and oceans, respectively:
earth: 4.6 million years old
oceans: 4.0 million years old
earth: 4.0 billion years old
oceans: 3.5 billion years old
earth: 4.6 billion
oceans: 4.0 million
earth: 4.6 billion
oceans: 4.0 billion
none of the choices
True or False: 70% of the total of the earth's water comes from the oceans.
(a)
The following are all components that make up oceanography EXCEPT:
the coastal landscapes that border the oceans
the organisms that live within the oceans
the study of the relationship of the sun, the moon and the earth
the science and study of the oceans themselves
none of the choices
