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Oceanography Quiz 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What percentage of the earth's surface is covered by water?

a)

90%

b)

66%

c)

70%

d)

51%

2.

What is the average temperature of the world's oceans?

a)

39 F

b)

44 F

c)

31.5 F

d)

49 F

e)

None of the choices

3.

Which one of the following studies best supports the field of oceanography?

a)

kinesiology

b)

climate change

c)

ancestry

d)

metallurgy

e)

none of the choices

4.

True or False: All of the Earth's oceans are separate from one another due to weather patterns and other meteorological events.

(a)  

5.

Less than 3% of the earth's non-saline/salt water comes from these sources EXCEPT:

a)

lakes

b)

ice caps

c)

co2 emmisions

d)

ground water

e)

rivers

6.

How many total square miles do the oceans cover on earth?

(a)  

7.

True or False: The average depth of the earth's oceans is 3,796 meters.

(a)  

8.

Please select the correct age combination for the earth and oceans, respectively:

a)

earth: 4.6 million years old

oceans: 4.0 million years old

b)

earth: 4.0 billion years old

oceans: 3.5 billion years old

c)

earth: 4.6 billion

oceans: 4.0 million

d)

earth: 4.6 billion

oceans: 4.0 billion

e)

none of the choices

9.

True or False: 70% of the total of the earth's water comes from the oceans.

(a)  

10.

The following are all components that make up oceanography EXCEPT:

a)

the coastal landscapes that border the oceans

b)

the organisms that live within the oceans

c)

the study of the relationship of the sun, the moon and the earth

d)

the science and study of the oceans themselves

e)

none of the choices