Sea Animals
What toothed whale with an incriminating name belongs to the dolphin family?
Killer whale
usually you watch them break against a sandy beach but the largest of which ocean-wind phenomenon actually occurs below the waters surface?
Waves
Who sailed the ocean to reach America?
Christopher Columbus
Does coral produce its own sunscreen?
True!
How many oceans are there in the world?
5
Which squid gets its name not because it has a taste for blood but from the dark skin on its arms that makes it look like its wearing a cape?
Vampire Squid
Solar-powered desalination plants use the suns energy to take which shakable mineral you might keep on your kitchen table out of ocean water, thereby making it safe to drink?
Salt
The undersea volcano of Surtsey last erupted in which year? Hint: 1960s
1963
True or false: There are more historical artifacts under the sea compared to those kept in museums.
True! There are 100,000s of shipwrecks all over the world that still have artifacts in them.
What is the largest ocean in the world?
The Pacific Ocean
"Morse" is an archaic term for which large marine mammal with tusks and whiskers?
Walrus
The largest aquarium in the world is located in what country? Its enclosures contain almost 13 million gallons of water.
China
Although Christopher Columbus was an Italian citizen, he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492 with sponsorship from the monarchs of what other country?
Spain
True or False: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch his a similar size of France?
False, its actual triple the size of France
How many oceans does the US touch?
3
During some feeding frenzies, blue whales can eat a daily total of more than 8 tons of what tiny crustaceans, whose name in Norwegian means "small fry of fish?"
Krill
Duke Kahanamoku, a native hawaiian, was an olympic swimmer for the US national team. But he's probably best known for popularizing what sport?
Surfing
What is the most recently named ocean?
Southern
How are tides formed?
The moon
The most volcanoes are found in which ocean?
The Pacific Ocean (ring of fire)
Bearing the name of a ship from the far-west of Europe, what translucent, gelatinous organism from the Physaliidae family is known as the "floating terror" due to its painful sting?
Man O' War
What object was Wilson in Cast Away?
A volleyball
What percentage of the worlds oceans have humans explored?
5%
What is the highest recorded ocean wave?
29 meters (95 feet)
How much of earths surface is covered by ocean?
70%