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What percentage of the earth's surface is covered by water?
a) 97%
b) 85%
c) 71%
d) 40%

How many ocean basins are there?
a) 1
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5

What percent of water on the earth's surface is ocean?
a) 97%
b) 85%
c) 71%
d) 61%

Which subfield of oceanography studies water movements?
a) biological oceanography
b) chemical oceanography
c) geological oceanography
d) physical oceanography

Which is the deepest and largest ocean basin?
a) Arctic
b) Atlantic
c) Indian
d) Pacific

Which ocean basin surrounds Antartica?
a) Atlantic
b) Indian
c) Southern
d) Pacific

Which ocean basin is the smallest, covered with ice and is mostly shelf?
a) Arctic
b) Atlantic
c) Indian
d) Southern

The ocean contains how much salt?
a) 2 trillion tons
b) 5 trillion tons
c) 10 trillion tons
d) 25 trillion tons

Which hemisphere has more water?
a) Northern
b) Southern
c) Both have an equal amount of water
d)

Which ocean basin is the second largest and contains the Gulf Stream?
a) Arctic
b) Atlantic
c) Indian
d) Pacific

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