Q. Name the saline layer of ocean waters which was identified on the basis of temperature
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
holocline
Water (Oceans) MCQs with answers
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Q. The average time that an element remains dissolved in the ocean before removal is known as
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
residence time
Q. Name the mid-oceanic ridge in the North Atlantic Ocean
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Dolphin ridge
Q. Name the mid-oceanic ridge in the South Atlantic Ocean
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Challenger ridge
Q. The shelf typically ends at a very steep slope, called
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Shelf Break
Q. ______ a mountain with pointed summits, rising from the seafloor that does not reach the surface of the ocean
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Seamount
Q. A mid-ocean ridge is an underwater mountain system formed by
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
plate tectonics
Q. The geographers have divided the oceanic part of the earth into ______ oceans.
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Five
Q. Salinity refers to the total amount of
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
salt present in the water.
Q. Which one of the following is not a minor relief feature in the oceans
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Oceanic Deep
Q. The factor affecting the distribution of temperature of ocean water is
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
ocean currents
Q. The salinity increases with depth and there is a distinct zone called
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
halocline
Q. ________ is the extended margin of each continent occupied by relatively shallow seas and gulfs.
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Continental shelf
Q. Which one of the following is a warm ocean current?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
East Australian current
Q. The largest Tsunami wave travels at the speed of
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
more than 700 km per hour
Q. Which one is not a depositional land form developed by the running water?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
River terraces
Q. Coriolis effect cause surface currents to turn anticlockwise in
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Southern Hemisphere
Q. Which is a result of condensation of water vapours?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Tiny water droplets
Q. Which force deflects water and winds from their original direction of movement?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
coriolis force
Q. Which current is set in motion due to differences in water density?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
thermocline current
Q. The system of winds governing the circulation pattern in the northern portion of the Indian ocean is
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
monsoon
Q. The periodic rise and fall in the level of the water in seas and oceans is
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
tides
Q. Name the tidal crests looking like a vertical wall of water rushing upstream
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
tidal bore
Q. The feature of continental margins of the oceans compared with deep gullies on the land surface is
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Submarine Canyon
Q. The continental slope connects the continental shelf and
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
the ocean basins
Q. What is the special feature of the Atlantic Ocean?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
mid Atlantic ridge
Q. The tides are primarily caused by
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
gravitational forces of the moon
Q. Name the ice fields whose height is not more than four meters
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
ice-floes
Q. Name the elliptical path formed by moving water due to the coriolis effect
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
gyre
Q. Name the currents flowing from low latitudes to high ones
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
warm currents
Q. Vertical distance between a trough and crest of a wave is known as
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
wave height
Q. What is the time interval between two successive tides?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
12 hrs. and 26 minutes
Q. Name the war pi current which flows on the east of Japan
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
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