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Oceans

Total questions: 136

Worksheet time: 7hrs 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many oceans are there?

a)

three

b)

four

c)

five

d)

six

2.

How much of the Earth's surface do the oceans take up?

a)

25%

b)

33%

c)

52%

d)

71%

3.

Which ocean is the world's largest ocean?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

4.

Which ocean borders: South Asia, East Africa, the Sunda Islands, and western Australia?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

5.

Which ocean, which encircles Antarctica, was defined by the International Hydrographic Organization in the year 2000?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

6.

Which ocean is the world's northernmost ocean and smallest ocean?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

7.

Which two oceans are located in the Earth's polar regions?

a)

Atlantic & Pacific Oceans

b)

Arctic & Southern Oceans

c)

Indian & Pacific Oceans

8.

True or False? "Seas, bays, and gulfs are all bodies of water that are subdivisions of the world's oceans."

a)

True

b)

False

9.
How many continents are there in the world?
a)
5
b)
7
10.
How many oceans are there in the world?
a)
10
b)
5
11.
This is the concentration of dissolved salts in water
a)
Groundwater
b)
Salinity
12.
A body of customs, treaties, and international agreements by which governments maintain order, productivity, and peaceful relations on the sea.
a)
Law of the Sea
b)
Elections
13.
Sound navigation and ranging used in the ocean to detect three dimensional objects
a)
Sonar
b)
Evaporation
14.
This stands for
 "Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus"
a)
Groundwater
b)
Scuba
15.
He was a French naval officer, conservationist, and filmmaker, who studied the oceans and invented the aqualung
a)
Jacques Cousteau
b)
Bill Clinton
16.
This makes up 3% of Earth's water. Located in polar ice caps, glaciers, and reservoirs.
a)
Saltwater
b)
Freshwater
17.
This makes up 97% of Earth's water, and makes up all 5 major oceans.
a)
Saltwater
b)
Freshwater
18.
Which is the largest continent in the world?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
19.
Which continent is home of the Sahara Desert and is considered the hottest?
a)
South America
b)
Africa
20.
On this continent, you can find animal species such as penguins, seals and some birds. This is the coldest continent.
a)
North America
b)
Antarctica
21.
This continent is covered by a large rainforest and is the wettest.
a)
South America
b)
Asia
22.
This is the smallest continent, farthest away from the others where you may find koalas and kangaroos.
a)
Australia
b)
Africa
23.
This continent contains major historic cities like Paris, London and Rome.
a)
Africa
b)
Europe
24.
What ocean contains the MAR, or Mid Atlantic Ridge?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
25.
What is the coldest ocean?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Southern Ocean
26.
What is the largest ocean?
a)
Southern Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
27.
What is the smallest ocean?
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
28.
What is the warmest ocean?
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
29.
How many continents are there in the world?
a)
5
b)
7
30.
How many oceans are there in the world?
a)
10
b)
5
31.
This is the concentration of dissolved salts in water
a)
Groundwater
b)
Salinity
32.
A body of customs, treaties, and international agreements by which governments maintain order, productivity, and peaceful relations on the sea.
a)
Law of the Sea
b)
Elections
33.
Sound navigation and ranging used in the ocean to detect three dimensional objects
a)
Sonar
b)
Evaporation
34.
This stands for
 "Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus"
a)
Groundwater
b)
Scuba
35.
He was a French naval officer, conservationist, and filmmaker, who studied the oceans and invented the aqualung
a)
Jacques Cousteau
b)
Bill Clinton
36.
This makes up 3% of Earth's water. Located in polar ice caps, glaciers, and reservoirs.
a)
Saltwater
b)
Freshwater
37.
This makes up 97% of Earth's water, and makes up all 5 major oceans.
a)
Saltwater
b)
Freshwater
38.
Which is the largest continent in the world?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
39.
Which continent is home of the Sahara Desert and is considered the hottest?
a)
South America
b)
Africa
40.
On this continent, you can find animal species such as penguins, seals and some birds. This is the coldest continent.
a)
North America
b)
Antarctica
41.
This continent is covered by a large rainforest and is the wettest.
a)
South America
b)
Asia
42.
This is the smallest continent, farthest away from the others where you may find koalas and kangaroos.
a)
Australia
b)
Africa
43.
This continent contains major historic cities like Paris, London and Rome.
a)
Africa
b)
Europe
44.
What ocean contains the MAR, or Mid Atlantic Ridge?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
45.
What is the coldest ocean?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Southern Ocean
46.
What is the largest ocean?
a)
Southern Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
47.
What is the smallest ocean?
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
48.
What is the warmest ocean?
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
49.

Name this continent

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Antarctica

d)

South America

50.

What is the Ocean shown in the map?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

51.

Name this continent

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

Australia

d)

South America

52.

Name the Ocean shaded in dark blue on the map.

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

53.

Name the continent shown in green

a)

Asia

b)

Antarctica

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

54.

Which Ocean is shown in the Dark Blue region?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

55.

Name this Continent

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Australia

d)

South America

56.

Which Ocean is shown on the map?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

57.

Name this continent

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Antarctica

d)

Europe

58.

What is the Ocean located in the Northern Hemisphere?

a)

Antarctica Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

59.

This continent shown on the map is located in the Southern Hemisphere

a)

South America

b)

Asia

c)

Antarctica

d)

Australia

60.
a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

61.

What is the largest Continent?

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

62.

Which continent is also a country?

a)

Antarctica

b)

Europe

c)

South America

d)

Australia

63.

How many continents are there in the world?

a)

Seven

b)

Nine

c)

Eight

d)

Six

64.

Home to many sharks of the world.

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

e)

Southern Ocean

65.

This ocean is located between Africa, Asia and Australia

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

66.

The name of this ocean means "Sea Atlas"

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic Ocean

67.

Icebergs located throughout the waters of this ocean.

a)

Pacific

b)

Indian

c)

Arctic

d)

Southern

68.

The largest ocean in the world

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Southern

69.

Home to many Polar Bears of the world.

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

70.

Home to the Emperor Penguins and Wandering Albatrosses.

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

71.

Located around the South Pole.

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

72.

The name of this ocean means "Peacful".

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

73.

Smallest, coldest, and most shallow ocean in the world.

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

74.

Cities on this ocean Miami in the U.S. and London, England.

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

75.

Many endangered species live here including turtles and seals.

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

76.

The Greay Barrier Reef is located in this ocean.

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

77.

The Suez Canal is located in this ocean; a waterway for ships.

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

78.

The "Frozen Ocean"

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

79.

Sometimes it is also called the Antarctic Ocean.

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

80.

Home to the most volcanoes in the world called "The Ring of Fire"

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

81.

The Bahamas and Greenland are surrounded by this ocean.

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

82.

More fish species than any other place in the world live here.

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

83.

Largest breeding grounds in the world for humback whales.

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

84.

Oceans are

a)

Large bodies of saline water.

b)

Large bodies of fresh water

c)

small bodies of water.

d)

Saline water where in living things cannot reside.

85.

Name the graph in the image

a)

Bar Chart

b)

Pie Chart

c)

Histogram

86.

Using the graph identify the largest ocean

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Antarctic Ocean

87.

The ____________ is the deepest point in the earth.

a)

Mariana Trench

b)

Challenger deep

c)

The everest peak

88.

Another name for the 'Antarctic Ocean'

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

89.

If the world is viewed from space we will see that

a)

Half of the globe is covered in water.

b)

More than 71% of earth is covered by water.

c)

Earth has equal amounts of ocean and land.

90.

Which continents border the Atlantic Ocean. (Tick all that apply).

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

Antarctica

d)

North America

e)

South America

91.

What is the size of the Indian Ocean.

a)

Sixty nine million square kilometers.

b)

Sixty nine thousand square kilometers.

c)

Sixty point NIne million square kilometers.

92.

Which is the smallest ocean

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

93.

If i am asked to display this information in a graph. The "X - Axis" will be

a)

The names of the oceans

b)

The Area(size) of the oceans

c)

None of the above.

94.

If I am asked to display this information in a graph. The "Y - Axis" will be

a)

The names of the oceans

b)

The Area(size) of the oceans

c)

None of the above.

95.

How many Continents are there?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

12

d)

6

96.

How many Oceans are there?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

97.

This is the SMALLEST continent of the planet. Identify this Continent.

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

98.

There are 23 COUNTRIES in total on this continent. Identify this Continent.

a)

South America

b)

Europe

c)

North America

99.

This continent is the LARGEST in size and it has the world's biggest population. Identify this Continent.

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

100.

There are 44 countries on this continent. Identify this Continent.

a)

North America

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

101.

This Continent is home to the HOTTEST desert in the world. Identify this Continent.

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

Africa

102.

The longest mountain range and the tallest waterfalls are located on this continent. Identify this Continent.

a)

North America

b)

Africa

c)

South America

103.

90% of the planet's ice is located on this continent. Identify this Continent.

a)

Asia

b)

Australia

c)

Antarctica

104.

Identify this Ocean.

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

105.

This Ocean is the LARGEST Ocean in the world. It covers 1/3 of the Earth's surface. Identify this Ocean.

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

106.

This Ocean is the 2nd largest Ocean in the world. Identify this Ocean.

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

107.

This Ocean is the 3rd largest Ocean in the world. It is also the WARMEST Ocean.

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

108.

This Ocean is the 4th largest Ocean, or the second smallest Ocean in the world. Identify this Ocean.

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

109.

This Ocean is the smallest and shallowest Ocean in the world. Most of the year this Ocean is covered in ice. Identify this Ocean.

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

110.

This Geography Tool helps show you different directions on a map. For example, North, South, East & West. What do Geographers call this tool?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Compass Rose

111.

This imaginary line around the middle of our Earth divides the world into the Northern Hemisphere & the Southern Hemisphere. What do we call this Geographic Tool?

a)

Equator

b)

Compass Rose

c)

Prime Meridian

112.

What is this very large continent called

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

South America

d)

Australia

113.

What is this Continent that we live on?

a)

Antarctica

b)

South America

c)

North America

114.

This continent includes countries such as France, Germany, and Italy

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

South America

115.

What continent is this that includes Brazil, Colombia, and Argentia?

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

Australia

116.

On this continent you might find a lot of penguins and it's very cold!

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

Antarctica

117.

This continent is an island, country, and continent where you might find kangaroos!

a)

Botswana

b)

Australia

c)

The planet Mars

118.

This large continent includes Egypt, The Congo, and the Great Sahara Desert!

a)

Africa

b)

Sweden

c)

Canada

119.

This is the largest ocean in the world!

a)

Hudson Bay

b)

The Mediterranean Sea

c)

The Pacific Ocean

120.

This ocean is between North America and Europe (also between South America and Africa)!

a)

The Atlantic Ocean

b)

The Indian Ocean

c)

The Mississippi River

121.

This Ocean is at the bottom of the world!

a)

The Western Ocean

b)

The Southern Ocean

c)

The Eastern Ocean

122.

This ocean is south of Asia and east of Africa

a)

The Saturn Ocean

b)

The Gulf of Mexico

c)

The Indian Ocean

123.

This ocean is at the top of the world!

a)

The Antarctic Ocean

b)

The Arctic Ocean

c)

The Colorado River

124.

Extra Credit - Credit...it can count for you but not against you!

What is the highest mountain in the world?

a)

Mount K-2

b)

Mount Everest

c)

Mount Whitney

125.

Another Extra Credit question:

What is the longest river in the world?

a)

The Euphrates

b)

The Amazon

c)

The Nile

126.

Final Extra Credit Question:

Are Mr. McGlasson's dachshunds cute? You'd better get this one right!!!!!!

a)

Yes

b)

No

127.

Which of the following bodies is part of the world ocean?

a)

The Gulf of Mexico

b)

The Mississippi River

c)

Lake Michigan

d)

Niagara Falls

128.

How is the Caspian Sea different from the Mediterranean Sea?

a)

The Caspian Sea is part of the Atlantic Ocean; the Mediterranean is part of the Pacific Ocean

b)

The Caspian Sea isn't directly connected to any ocean; the Mediterranean is

c)

The Caspian Sea contains fresh water; the Mediterranean contains salt water

d)

The Caspian Sea cannot support marine life; the Mediterranean supports a lot of marine life

129.

In the movie, Tim says that the waters of the world ocean are "integral" to life on earth. What does "integral" mean?

a)

Unnecessary

b)

Deadly

c)

Helpful

d)

Essential

130.

What might happen if warm and cool currents did not move through the ocean's waters?

a)

Ocean temperatures would become either too hot or too cold to support life.

b)

Climates on land might be extremely different.

c)

There would be no ocean tides.

d)

The pace of global warming would accelerate.

131.

What powers the process of evaporation, by which salt water is turned into fresh water?

a)

Ocean currents

b)

Ocean tides

c)

Heat from the sun

d)

Photosynthesis, which is undergone by algae and other marine plants

132.

How does the Pacific Ocean compare to the world's other oceans?

a)

It's the smallest

b)

It's the largest

c)

It's the hottest

d)

It's the coldest

133.

If you were visiting Asia during monsoon season, what object might you want to bring?

a)

snow shoes

b)

winter coat

c)

rain coat

d)

sun tan lotion

134.

One direct effect of the Gulf Stream is that:

a)

Northwestern Europe tends to be warmer than northeastern North America

b)

Africa is the hottest continent on the planet

c)

The climate of Australia is warm enough to support human life

d)

Antarctica is the coldest continent on the planet

135.

What do you call a scientist who studies the ocean for a living?

a)

An oceanist

b)

An oceanologist

c)

An oceanographer

d)

An oceananthropist

136.

What can you infer about the Northern and Southern Oceans from the information presented in the movie?

a)

They're deeper than the other oceans.

b)

They're saltier than the other oceans.

c)

They contain more life than the other oceans.

d)

They're colder than the other oceans.

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