Oceanography - Geography Multiple Choice Questions with Answers

Answer: Option [D]

The correct answer is (I), (II), (III) and (IV). Winds, water density, and tides all drive ocean currents. Coastal and sea floor features influence their location, direction, and speed. Earth's rotation results in the Coriolis effect which also influences ocean currents.

Answer: Option [C]

The correct answer is river. Ocean Salinity is affected by several factors. These are evaporation, rainfall, river water influx, ocean currents, atmospheric pressure, wind direction, and global warming.

Answer: Option [B]

The correct answer is (IV), (I), (III), (II). Historically, there are four named oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic.

Answer: Option [B]

The correct answer is Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea. Canals have several advantages so several canals were dug out throughout the world. Canal construction also needs some geological resources which were basics for construction.The presence of two seas Mediterranean Sea and red sea helped to construct the Suez canal.

Answer: Option [C]

The correct answer is in the Indian Ocean. The current systems of the Indian Ocean are largely controlled and modified by landmasses and monsoon winds. The currents in the northern Indian Ocean change their flow direction twice a year due to north-east and south-west monsoon winds.