Atlantic Ocean
Between which continents is the Atlantic Ocean located?
North and South America, Europe and Africa.
What does Pacific mean?
Peaceful
What continent does the Southern Ocean surround?
Antarctica
The Indian Ocean is known to be the least, what?
Salty
The Arctic Ocean is encircled by landmasses, what are the names of these landmasses?
North America, Eurasia, and Greenland.
What is the shortest route between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans?
Panama Canal
75% of the earth's volcanoes are found where in the Pacific Ocean?
The Ring of Fire
The Southern Ocean has lots of what?
Icebergs
What countries and ocean surround the Indian Ocean?
India, North and East Africa, Australia and the Southern Ocean.
The Arctic Ocean has the most diverse, what?
Fish species.
Part of the longest mountain range in the world is located in the Atlantic Ocean, what is it called?
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
How many islands are found in the Pacific?
Over 25,000.
What makes the Southern Ocean hard to explore?
Very cold and severe climate.
The Indian Ocean has played what important role since 800 A.D.?
Trading
The Arctic Ocean is known to have one of the most ______ ecosystems on the planet. Why?
How big is the Atlantic Ocean?
Half the size of the Pacific Ocean./7 times the size of the United States.
What continents surround the Pacific Ocean?
North America, South America, Asia and Australia
The Southern Ocean is the _______-largest ocean at 20,327,000 square kilometers.
fourth
Why is the marine life said to be "limited" in the Indian Ocean?
High water temperatures./Warmest Ocean
Over the years glaciers have melted in the Arctic Ocean, threatening and make the _________ rise.
sea levels
Bermuda Triangle
At a depth of 35,827, what is the deepest part of the ocean called?
Marianna Trench
What is a "invertebrate"? What is the largest invertebrate living in the Southern Ocean?
A animal lacking a backbone./Giant Squid
What percent of the world's oil is found in the Indian Ocean?
40%
Finish this statement:
The Artic Ocean is the world...
smallest, shallowest, coldest and least salty ocean.