Oceans Prior Knowledge

The largest ocean

• Pacific

• Indian

• Atlantic

• Arctic

• Southern Ocean

Answer explanation

The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world. It covers 63,800,000 square miles, a third of Earth's surface. The Pacific Ocean is bigger than all of Earth's continents combined.

This ocean is named for the French word for peaceful

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• The Southern Ocean

Answer explanation

The Pacific was named by Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese explorer who found the Pacific very peaceful (pacifique, in French)

Describe in a few words why it is ironic that the Pacific gets its name from the French word for Peaceful?

Answer explanation

The islands of the Pacific are often slammed by devastating typhoons and hurricanes. The countries that border the Pacific, or the Pacific Rim (Ring of Fire) often experience volcano eruptions and Earthquakes.

The lowest point on Earth is found here.

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• The Southern Ocean

Answer explanation

The Pacific Ocean is home to the lowest point on Earth and the deepest part of the Ocean known as the Mariana Trench, an area that is 35,800 feet below sea level.

Label the 5 Oceans of the World

a

b

c

d

e

Southern

Pacific

Indian

Atlantic

Arctic

Answer explanation

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NGSS.4-ESS2-2

Which ocean has the most islands?

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• The Southern Ocean

Answer explanation

There are 25,000 Pacific Island- more than any other ocean.

This ocean contains the Puerto Rico Trench, the deepest part of this ocean.

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• The Southern Ocean

Answer explanation

The deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean is the Puerto Rico Trench which is 28, 374 feet deep.

The Atlantic Ocean contians a submarine mountain ridge named _____________

Answer explanation

A giant submarine mountian range, called teh Mid-Atlantic Ridge, extends from Iceland in the North to approximately 58 degrees south latitude. A rift valley, or valley formed by faults, extends along most of the length of the Mid Atlantic Ridge. The Ridge is less than 8.858 feet deep in many places

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This ocean contains islands created by a submarine ridge such as Greenland, Iceland, Great Britain, Ireland, New Foundland, Bermuda, West Indies and South Georgia.

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• The Southern Ocean

Answer explanation

This ocean contains the South Sandwich Trench the lowest part of this ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• The Southern Ocean

Answer explanation

This ocean is predominantly deep water, averaging 13,000-16,500 feet deep and includes the Antarctic continental shelf, an unusually deep and narrow shelf surrounding the Antarctic continent. The South Sandwich Trench is the lowest part of the southern ocean at 24,000 feet.