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Trivia about Earth's oceans
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1
Billy Ocean, international R&B pop star, was born in
Turks & Caicos
The Bahamas
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
2
Under the ocean there are 650
0
F hot springs that support a food web that includes
10 foot long tube worms
giant leaches
giant squid
plant plankton
3
We studied pH, acids and bases, as part of our chemical reaction unit. The pH of ocean water is
slightly acidic, 5.5-6.5
neutral, 7
slightly basic, 7.5 to 8.5
4
The Earth's oceans contain 20 million tons of _______
gold
fish
water
salt
5
Now in his 60s, Billy is still singing today. His long career is attributed to the fact that
he has a healthy, drug free, lifestyle
has a tiny extra lung
he has abnormally large vocal chords
he has a smooth, tenor voice
6
50% of Earth's ______ is produced by plant plankton living in the oceans
O2
H2O
CO2
C6H12O6
7
The deepest point in the ocean is called Challenger Deep, and it is located in the
The Grumpy Johnston Trench under the Atlantic
Mariana Trench under the Pacific
8
The location in the ocean that is furthest from land (2,688 km) is called Point
Nemo
Dory
Ariel
Wilson
9
It is estimated that 80% of the fish caught in the ocean rely directly on
coral reefs
salt
water
oxygen
10
Billy Ocean grew up in the
United Kingdom
Trinidad & Tobago Islands
Caribbean
United States
11
Which of the following is NOT an example of a mutual benefit relationship between ocean life?
clownfish and anemone
barnacles and whales
crabs and sponges
cleaner shrimp and grouper
12
Ocean water is quite a mixture! It's made of roughly _____ elements from the Periodic Table
92
32
5
70
13
The largest LIVING structure in the ocean is
Sponge Bob
a blue whale
The Great Barrier Reef
a giant squid
14
After sodium and chlorine, the most common substances making ocean salt are
sulfate and magnesium
calcium and potassium
15
Billy Ocean was born
Leslie Sebastian Charles
William Johanson Barkley
Wilson Cornelius Ocean
Billy Ocean
16
Over the past 5 years, there have been an average of ______ fatal shark attacks per year
4.2
11.7
17
Salt, as you may recall is classified as ______________ molecule
a simple
an extended
18
How many years would it take a water molecule to completely journey a deep ocean current?
100,000
10,000
100
1,000
19
The longest mountain range on Earth is the Mid-Ocean Ridge and it extends underneath
the Pacific Ocean
Every ocean on Earth
the Atlantic Ocean
20
The largest ocean, in terms of volume, is the _________ ocean
Arctic
Indian
Pacific
Atlantic
21
Humans have explored less than ________ of Earth's oceans
1%
50%
90%
5%
22
If you were at the bottom of Challenger Deep, you'd feel like you had 50 ______ on top of you
VW Beetles
Jumbo Jets
Bluefin Tunas
math textbooks
23
We visited the moon 4 years BEFORE seeing the largest mountain range, under our oceans
true
false
24
The structure and chemistry of coral is so similar to human bone, its used for bone grafts
false
true
25
Over the last ______ years, sea levels have risen between 10-25 cm due to polar melting
10,000
10
1,000
100
26
The size of a blue whale's heart is about the size of a
Volkswagon Beetle
Harley Davidson motorcycle
27
The ocean has tidal movement because of the gravitational pull of the
Moon
planet Mars
Two of these
Sun
28
Tectonic plates move, so the ______ ocean is getting larger and the _______ is getting smaller
Pacific, Atlantic
Atlantic, Pacific
29
The AVERAGE depth of Earth's oceans is _________ miles
7.5
5.0
2.5
30
Ocean fish are the largest source of _______ for the human population's diet
carbohydrates
salt
fat
protein
31
Water covers about ______ percent of the Earth's surface.
60
70
50
80
32
The largest animal in the world, the blue whale, consumes one of the smallest:
alewives
cheese pizza
krill (shrimp)
minnows
33
The most extreme high and low tide is found in New Brunswick , Canada, where the difference is
8.3 meters
16.3 meters
34
Sound travels ___________ in ocean water because the molecules are closer together
5 times faster
50 times faster
5 times slower
50 times slower
35
The captain of the Titanic didn't know that ______ of an iceberg is actually under water
90%
50%
10%
75%