Daily Quiz | On World Ocean Day
Atlantic Ocean’s waves are pictured off in Lege-Cap Ferret, southwestern France, on March 13, 2022. June 8, 2023 marks “World Oceans Day”, an initiative launched in 1992 to raise awareness on the topic of the planet’s oceans.
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Name the ocean current which flows southward along the southeast coast of Mozambique and the coast of South Africa before turning east to join the flow from Africa to Australia.
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What colourful name is given to the marginal sea in the Western Pacific Ocean that is located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula?
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What is special about the Sargasso Sea that lies in Northern Atlantic Subtropical Gyre?
Answer : It does not have a land boundary!
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Oceans are said to produce 70% of the oxygen supply in the atmosphere. Which phytoplankton is reckoned to be solely responsible for one in every five breaths a human will take?
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Under which ocean is the biggest waterfall in the world, with a water drop of almost 11,500 feet (more than three times the height of Angel Falls) located?
Answer : North Atlantic Ocean (in the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland)
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Which country has the longest coastline in the world, more than double that of the second-placed country Norway?
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Under which ocean is the ‘Ring of Fire’ made up of underwater volcanoes and earthquake zones?
