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During a hurricane, _______ waves can be very dangerous.
tidal
It is very dangerous to be on a boat when the sea is _____.
rough
A strong current can pull you under the water and be very dangerous. How do you call the person who saves you from drowning?
a life guard
What is the name of this Caribbean country made up of over 700 tropical islands?
The Bahamas
True or False? The difference in the depth of water between low tide and high tide can be up to sixteen metres.
True-- yet in some other places in the world, the difference is only 10 centimeters!
True or False? The Great Barrier Reef is composed of 900 tropical islands and can be seen from the moon.
True-- it stretches 2,300 kilometers
True or False? The longest mountain range in the world is found underwater.
True-- The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, running under the Atlantic ocean, stretches for 16,000 kilometers
True or Flase? It's impossible to surf huge waves of over twenty metres high.
False-- one Hawaiin surfer surfed a 23.8 meter-high monster wave
True or False? Humpback whales live all year round in the calm seas around Hawaii.
False-- They leave Alaskan waters in autumn to travel to the seas of Hawaii
True or False? The Pacific Ocean was named after the person who discovered it.
False-- it's name comes from "the peaceful ocean"
True or False? Most volcanic eruptions are underwater.
True-- up to 80% of volcanic eruptions take place under water
True or False? The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever existed.
True-- the blue whale can grow up to 30 meters in length and is bigger than the dinosaurs were
True or False? Winding rivers with strong currents exist deep under the ocean.
True-- the flow along valleys in the seabed
True or False? The sea is blue because it reflects the colour of the sky.
False-- water absorbs colors in the red part of the light spectrum. This leaves behind the blue for us to see.
Choose the odd one out and explain why. (the Mediterranean Niagara the Baltic)
Niagara-- it's a waterfall not a sea
Choose the odd one out and explain why. (the Atlantic the Pacific the Sahara)
the Sahara-- it's a dessert not an ocean
Choose the odd one out and explain why. (Africa China Europe)
China-- it's a country not a continent
Choose the odd one out and explain why. (the Himalayas the Nile the Pyrenees)
the Nile-- it's a river not a mountain range
*In the past 100 years, how many degrees Celsius have the oceans heated up?
about 1 degree Celsius
*In Normandy France there is a small, beautiful town built on an island. When the tide goes out, you can walk to the island. What is its name?
Mont-Saint-Michel
*One subspecies of a popular African animal died out in the early 2000's. What type of animal was it?
(Western black) rhino
This is the flag of which country?
Ireland
This is the flag of which country?
Switzerland
This is the flag of which country?
 
Albania
 
Ukraine
 
Georgia
 
Croatia
What is the highest mountain in the world when measured from sea level? (8,849 meters in height)
 
Mount Everest
 
Mount Kilimanjaro
 
Nanga Parbat
 
Mount Fuji
The United Kingdom is made up which 4 countries?
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
What is the longest river in the world? (6,650 kilometers in length)
 
Nile
 
Amazon
 
Yangtze
 
Yellow
*What is the language most spoken in the world (incl second/third/etc languages)?
 
English
 
Mandarin
 
Hindi
 
Spanish
True or False. The Sahara Desert has an impressive width and length. It spans 10 countries.
True. The enormous desert spans 10 countries (Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan and Tunisia)