In this quiz, you will find questions related to the water of oceans, how water reaches oceans, the hydrological cycle, etc.
A major portion of sea level is found at:
________ is the extended margin of each continent occupied by relatively shallow seas and gulfs.
Which one of the following is not a minor relief feature in the oceans:
What is the average salinity of the ocean water?
Name the mid-oceanic ridge in the South Atlantic Ocean.
The geographers have divided the oceanic part of the earth into ______ oceans.
Along the coasts, salinity is:
The continental slope connects the continental shelf and _______
The continental shelf
The halocline
The ocean basins
None of them
Salinity refers to the total amount of________
Sediments in the water
Impurities present in the water
The salt present in the water
Heat present in the water
The average time that an element remains dissolved in the ocean before removal is known as:
Residence time
Critical time
Mean time
None of them
Name the mid-oceanic ridge in the North Atlantic Ocean,
Walvis
Dolphin ridge
Challenger
None of them
Which one of the following is the smallest ocean:
The Indian Ocean
The Arctic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean
The Pacific Ocean
A mid-ocean ridge is an underwater mountain system formed by?
Plate tectonics
Earthquake
Ocean currents
Submarine landslides
______ a mountain with pointed summits, rising from the seafloor that does not reach the surface of the ocean.
Halcoline
Seamount
Oceanic Shelf
None of them
Name the saline layer of ocean waters which was identified on the basis of temperature:
Thermocline
Holocline
Layer of warm water
None of them