The Ocean
What is the name of the largest ocean on Earth?
The Pacific Ocean.
What Australian animal lays eggs and lives in rivers?
What is the tallest mountain in the world above sea level?
Mount Everest
What is the capital city of France?
Paris
What is the largest jungle (tropical rainforest) in the world?
The Amazon
Why is the ocean important for life on Earth?
The ocean provides oxygen, regulates climate, and is home to many plants and animals.
What is the name of the longest river in Australia?
The Murray River
What is the name of the Australian mountain range that includes Mount Kosciuszko?
The Great Dividing Range
Which city is known for the Statue of Liberty and is the largest city in the United States?
New York City.
Which continent is home to the Congo Rainforest?
Africa
What causes tides in the ocean?
Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun on Earth’s oceans.
What is the term for the place where a river meets the sea?
An estuary.
Which large mammal is known for living in the Himalayas and has thick white fur?
The snow leopard.
Which city hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021)?
Tokyo
What type of climate do jungles usually have?
Hot and wet (tropical).
What is the difference between ocean currents and waves?
Waves are caused by wind moving across the surface of the water, while ocean currents are large-scale flows of water caused by wind, the Earth's rotation, and differences in water temperature and salinity.
Which part of a river typically has the fastest flow?
The Upper Course, or the Source.
Which South American mountain animal is closely related to the camel and is known for its wool?
The alpaca.
Which major city in Egypt is located near the pyramids of Giza?
Cairo
Which South American jungle animal is known for its powerful bite and is the largest big cat in the Americas?
The jaguar.
Surprise Easy Question:
Are cuttlefish real fish?
No, they are cephalopods
Which fish, found in Australian rivers, can breathe through both gills and lungs?
The Australian lungfish.
What is the name of the mountain range that runs along the western edge of South America?
The Andes.
Which country, close to Australia, is decommissioning its capital to make way for a new one (because the old one is sinking!)
Indonesia
What gas is produced in large amounts by jungle plants during photosynthesis, helping to support life on Earth?
Oxygen.