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How many gallons of water can one gallon of oil pollute?
100
5,000
1,000
100,000
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What is the largest of the great whales?
Blue
White
Right
Killer
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Which underwater event(s) can cause a tsunami?
earthquakes
landslides
volcanoes
All of the above
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What are the deepest parts of the ocean called?
Abyssal Plains
Deep-sea trenches
Continents
Floor
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The sea creature that belongs to the same family as skunks, badgers and weasels is:
Sea horse
Octopus
Sea Lion
Sea Otter
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To grow, reefs need which of the following?
Sunshine
Salinity
Warm Temperatures
All of the above
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How is the Dead Sea classified?
Ocean
Sea
Lake
River
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In addition to wind, what causes water to move?
Continents
Earth's rotation
Geological activity
None of the above
A, B and C
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Coral is an animal, not a plant, and feeds on:
Starfish
Parasites
Plankton
Anything that gets too close
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What Greek philosopher thought there was an island called Atlantis which sank into the ocean off the west coast of Spain?
Herodotus
Socrates
Plato
Cyrus
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What is the benthic habitat?
Ocean floor
deep-sea trenches
Everything underwater
None of the above
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How deep can sunlight penetrate an ocean?
50 meters
100 meters
1,000 meters
No one knows
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What's the difference between an ocean and a sea?
Absolutely nothing
The level of salinity
Kinds of marine creatures
Seas are smaller than oceans
Wind patterns
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What is the "global conveyor belt?"
A worldwide system for shipping marine goods
Movement of water
Movement of marine life
Wind shifts
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Where have the highest tides in the world been found?
The Bay of Fundy
Florida Keys
Horn of Africa
Falkland Islands