Oceans of World One Liner Questions & Answers
| The Ocean Currents | ||
| Question | Answer | |
| 1 | Which factors is responsible for the change in the regular direction of the ocean currents in the Indian Ocean? | The Indian Ocean has Monsoon drift |
| 2 | Agulhas current flows in – | The Indian Ocean |
| 3 | Which is not a cold ocean current? | Agulhas |
| 4 | Which ocean currents is associated with the Indian Ocean? | Agulhas current |
| 5 | Which is a warm current? | Brazil Current |
| 6 | The country benefiting the most from the North Atlantic Drift is – | Norway |
| 7 | Which is a cold current of the South Atlantic Ocean? | Benguela current |
| 8 | Which Oceanic currents are not associated with the Pacific Ocean? | Canaries |
| 9 | Which currents do not contribute to forming a complete circle of currents in the South Atlantic Ocean – | Canary |
| 10 | The ocean current differences from the remaining three are – | Peruvian |
| 11 | Which is a cold ocean current – | Peruvian Current (Humboldt Current) |
| 12 | Gulf Stream is – | an oceanic current |
| 13 | What explains the eastward flow of the equatorial counter-current? | The Earth’s rotation on its axis |
| Salinity of the Ocean | ||
| Question | Answer | |
| 1 | Which denotes water salinity gradient? | Halocline |
| 2 | Main Source of Salinity of the Sea is – | Land |
| 3 | Which salts contributes maximum to the salinity of sea water – | Sodium chloride |
| 4 | The highest salinity is found in – | Lake Van in Turkey |
| 5 | The highest amount of salinity is found in – | Dead Sea |
| 6 | When the density in the sea increases, then – | Salinity increases but depth decreases |
| 7 | Where is the Great Salt Lake located? | U.S.A |
| 8 | The average salinity of water of Arabian Sea is – | 35 ppt |
| High Tide, Low Tide | ||
| Question | Answer | |
| 1 | What are the causes of high-tide low tide formation in the oceans? | Due to Gravitation, Centripetal force, and the centrifugal force |
| 2 | The cause of producing indirect high tide is – | Centrifugal force of the Earth |
| 3 | Spring Tide occurs – | When the Sun the Earth and Moon are in a straight line |
| 4 | The high tide in the Ocean is caused by – | Moon |
| The Oceanic Trenches | ||
| Question | Answer | |
| 1 | Which is the world’s deepest trench? | Challenger |
| 2 | In which oceans Diamantina Trench is situated? | Indian Ocean |