QUIZ QUESTIONS ON OCEANS AND SEAS

1. Tides in the sea are caused by -

2. Which of the following oceans is between Africa and Australia?

3. Which canal joins the Baltic Sea to North Sea?

4. Which of the following is the smallest ocean of the world?

5. Through which one of the following Straits, does a tunnel connect the United Kingdom and France?

6. Where are the headquarters of International Maritime Organisation, the specialised agency of UNO, located?

7. Sargasso Sea is a part of :

8. Which sea is connected by the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea?

9. What is the sea bed sloping gradually and bordering the continent known as?

10. How much percentage of the surface of the earth is covered by the oceans?

11. Bosphorus Strait links which two water bodies?

12. Which of the following countries does not have a coastline with Arabian Sea?

13. In which year was the Suez Canal nationalized?

14. The land near which of the following is considered the lowest point on land on earth?

15. Which of the following is referred to as Pirates' Alley because of increased number of pirate activities in it?

16. Where is the deepest part of world's ocean located?

17. Which of the following oceans has the most coral reefs?

18. Which of the following oceans holds almost 50% of total water on the planet?

19. Match the seas with the coastal countries?

20. Which of the following oceans has the most trenches or deeps?

21. A shallow body of water protected from a larger body of water (usually the ocean) by sandbars, barrier islands, or coral reefs is called -

22. The much-in-news Guantanamo Bay is located in which of the following countries?

23. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?

24. Which is the largest gulf in the world?

25. Which is the busiest ocean from the point of view of trade?

26. Which of the following is the only sea without a coastline?

27. In which of the following seas is the Great Barrier Reef located?

28. Which is the longest strait in the world?

29. Which two continents are separated by the Drake Passage?

30. Which of the following seas is not an inland water body?

31. Which of the following was once the third largest lake in the world but has almost completely dried up now?

32. Which of the following separates the continents of Africa and Europe?

33. Which of the following is the shallowest sea in the world?

34. In which of the following is the Bermuda Triangle located?

35. Which of the following has the highest tidal range in the world?

36. Which is the largest bay in the world?

37. Approximately how deep is the deepest point in the world, the Challenger Deep?

38. In which of the following oceans did the Titanic sink in 1912?

39. Which of the following is the warmest ocean in the world?

40. Of which of the following oceans is the Caribbean Sea a part?

41. Which of the following is a part of the border between the continents of Asia and Europe?

42. Which ocean has the highest salinity?

43. Which of the following is the narrowest strait in the world?

44. Which of the following is the largest sea in the world?

45. Which of the following is the broadest strait in the world?

46. In which year was the Suez Canal opened?

47. Which of these seas has a famous diet named after it?

48. Which ocean yields the most fish for human consumption in the world?

49. In which of the following is the Great Bitter Lake located?

50. Which ocean has the most number of atolls in the world?

51. In which ocean does the El Nino phenomenon take place?

52. The Strait of Magellan passes through which of the following countries?

53. Which is the shallowest of the oceans?

54. What percentage of total water on earth is the water in the oceans?

55. What was the name of the vast super ocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea?

56. Who of the following is the Roman God of the Seas?

57. Ring of Fire, a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes surrounds which of the following oceans?