OCEANOGRAPHY

Q1.Datum Line is ?

Ans:-A horizontal line to the sea level from where heights and depths are measured.

Q2.Where is Ninety East Ridge situated ?

Ans:-Indian Ocean

Q3.Turkey is Situated Between ?

Ans:-Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea

Q4.Sargasso is related to Which Ocean ?

Ans:-Northern Atlantic

Q5.Which Pair of countries are around Aral Sea ?

Ans:- Kazakhastan- Uzbekistan

Q6.Which factors is responsible for the change in the regular direction of the Ocean currents in the Indian ocean ?

Ans:-Indian Oceans has Monsoon Drift

Q7.Which brings warms ocean water to the African Coast ?

Ans:-Agulhas Current

Q8.Water of  Which Sea is Saline?

Ans:-Dead Sea

Q9.Tides occur in oceans and seas due to which reasons ?

Ans:-Gravitational force of sun , Gravitational force of moon , Centrifugal force of earth.

Q10.The river duo ,which falls into the Black sea are ?

Ans:-Dnieper- Danube

Q11.Aleutian Oceanic Trench is located In Which ocean side ?

Ans:-North Pacific

Q12.Kermadec Oceanic Trench is located in which side ?

Ans:- South Pacific

Q13.Sunda Oceanic trench is located in which ocean?

Ans:-Indian Ocean

Q14.South Sandwich Oceanic Trench is located in which ocean Side?

Ans:-South Atlantic Ocean

Q15.Which is the deepest oceanic trench ?

Ans:-Mariana

Q16.Largest river of the world in term sof drainage ares is ?

Ans:-Amazon

Q17.Generally where are coral reefs found ?

Ans:- Between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricon

Q18.Great Barrier Reef is ?

Ans:-A coral reef near Australia

Q19.Dolphin Ridge belongs to which ocean ?

Ans:-North Atlantic

Q20.Which is the deepest point of Indian Ocean?

Ans:-Java Trench

Q21.Name Pacific Ocean Current ?

Ans:- Alaska Current , Kuroshio Current , California Current, Oyashio Current , East Australian Current , Peruvian Current etc.

Q22.Which are part of Atlantic Ocean ?

Ans:-Walvis Ridge , Challenger Rise , Cape Verde Basin

Q23.Name Some Warm Current ?

Ans:- Florida Current , Oyashio Current

Q24.Name some cold Current?

Ans:-Labrador Current , Canary Current

Q25.Humboldt Current flows towards ?

Ans:-Western Coast of South America

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