Oceanography Quiz 1

What percentage of the earth's surface is covered by water?

• 90%

• 66%

• 70%

• 51%

What is the average temperature of the world's oceans?

• 39 F

• 44 F

• 31.5 F

• 49 F

• None of the choices

Which one of the following studies best supports the field of oceanography?

• kinesiology

• climate change

• ancestry

• metallurgy

• none of the choices

True or False: All of the Earth's oceans are separate from one another due to weather patterns and other meteorological events.

Less than 3% of the earth's non-saline/salt water comes from these sources EXCEPT:

• lakes

• ice caps

• co2 emmisions

• ground water

• rivers

How many total square miles do the oceans cover on earth?

True or False: The average depth of the earth's oceans is 3,796 meters.

Please select the correct age combination for the earth and oceans, respectively:

• earth: 4.6 million years old

  oceans: 4.0 million years old

• earth: 4.0 billion years old

  oceans: 3.5 billion years old

• earth: 4.6 billion

  oceans: 4.0 million

• earth: 4.6 billion

  oceans: 4.0 billion

• none of the choices

True or False: 70% of the total of the earth's water comes from the oceans.

The following are all components that make up oceanography EXCEPT:

• the coastal landscapes that border the oceans

• the organisms that live within the oceans

• the study of the relationship of the sun, the moon and the earth

• the science and study of the oceans themselves

• none of the choices