OCE 2001 FINAL UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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OCE 2001 FINAL UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Water is a polar molecule because __________________________.
A) all water comes from the north and south poles
B) the hydrogen atoms are at an an angle of 105 degrees
C) water molecules are like tiny magnets - CORRECT ANSWER- ...
OCE 2001 FINAL UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Water is a polar molecule because __________________________.
A) all water comes from the north and south poles
B) the hydrogen atoms are at an an angle of 105 degrees
C) water molecules are like tiny magnets - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B) the hydrogen atoms
are at an an angle of 105 degrees
Oceans cover about ____% of the Earth's surface. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 70%
The largest ocean is the ___________ ocean. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Pacific
The deepest ocean is the ________ ocean. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Pacific Ocean
The shallowest ocean is the ___________ ocean. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Arctic Ocean
The ocean that is entirely in the northern hemisphere is the ___________ ocean. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Arctic
The ocean that is almost entirely in the southern hemisphere is the ___________ ocean. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Indian Ocean
The ocean that is not part of the Southern or Antarctic Ocean is the ___________ ocean. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Arctic Ocean Basin
The Mariana trench is the _______________ place in the oceans. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- deepest
The average depth of the ocean is about __________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 3700 m or
12100 ft
,Which of the following is not true about the library of Alexandria (Egypt)?
A) It was founded in the 3rd century by Alexander the Great.
B) It was one of the key repositories of scientific knowledge.
C) This is where the diameter of the Earth was first discovered.
D) Any ship that visited had to give its logs to the library which lead to an extensive
navigational collection.
E) It is the longest continuous running library in the world. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- E) It
is the longest continuous running library in the world.
Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding latitude and longitude?
A) Zero latitude is the equator and zero longitude is Greenwich, England, or the prime
meridian.
B) The distance between lines of longitude varies with latitude while lines of latitude are
always equidistant.
C) Latitude and longitude is a system of imaginary lines dividing the Earth's surface into a
grid.
D) Longitude lines (lines of equal longitude) are drawn parallel to the equator while latitude
lines (lines of
equal latitude) are drawn from pole to pole. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D) Longitude lines
(lines of equal longitude) are drawn parallel to the equator while latitude lines (lines of equal
latitude) are drawn from pole to pole.
Which of the following is NOT true about the Vikings of northern Europe?
A) They were the first to travel by boat around the world.
B) The Vikings explored the North Atlantic Ocean.
C) They colonized Iceland and Greenland.
D) They colonized North America but abandoned it around 1450 AD. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- A) They were the first to travel by boat around the world.
, Which of the following statements is true about Christopher Columbus and his explorations?
A) He was the first explorer to see the mainland of North America.
B) One of Columbus' biggest mistakes is that he used Ptolemy's estimation of the Earth's
circumference
and hence thought that he had reached Asia.
C) Like many explorers of his day, Columbus thought the Earth was flat.
D) His goal was to discover new lands. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B) One of Columbus'
biggest mistakes is that he used Ptolemy's estimation of the Earth's
circumference
and hence thought that he had reached Asia.
Spain's maritime dominance ended when ________________________________.
A) They had all the gold and silver they needed.
B) The pope told them to stop abusing the indigenous population of the Americas.
C) The Dutch built steam ships that were much more efficient than the Spanish sailing ships.
D) England defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D) England
defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Scientific oceanography can be traced to the voyages of ________________. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- James Cook
Which of the following is NOT a high technology tool commonly used today in
oceanography? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- radar
The formation of our solar system occurred about ______________ years ago. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 4 to 5 billion
All bodies in the solar system formed from ___________________. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- a nebula
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