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Seas, Straits & Water Bodies Quiz
Seas, Straits & Water Bodies · Easy
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Seas, straits, and water bodies are critical features of Earth's hydrosphere, shaping trade routes, climate, and geopolitics. Seas are smaller, partially enclosed sections of the o...
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All 20 questions in this Seas, Straits & Water Bodies quiz
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What is the name of the small body of water between England's Kent coast and France's Pas-de-Calais - the busiest international strait?
- A. North Sea
- B. English Channel
- C. Strait of Calais
- D. Strait of Dover
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What is the name of the large inland sea in Russia that is a remnant of the ancient Tethys Ocean?
- A. Caspian Sea
- B. Kara Sea
- C. Aral Sea
- D. Lake Baikal
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What is the name of the body of water between the Italian coast and the islands of Sardinia and Corsica?
- A. Tyrrhenian Sea
- B. Ionian Sea
- C. Ligurian Sea
- D. Gulf of Genoa
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What is the name of the passage between South America and Antarctica through which ships must pass if not using the Panama Canal?
- A. Beagle Channel
- B. Drake Passage
- C. Magellan Strait
- D. Lemaire Channel
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What is the name of the large bay between Alaska and Russia?
- A. Bering Strait
- B. Pacific Basin
- C. Bering Sea
- D. Sea of Okhotsk
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What is the name of the body of water between Denmark and Norway leading into the North Sea?
- A. North Channel
- B. Norwegian Sea
- C. Skagerrak
- D. Kattegat
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What is the name of the channel between New Zealand's North and South Islands?
- A. Foveaux Strait
- B. New Zealand Channel
- C. Cook Strait
- D. Tasman Sea
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What is the name of the inland sea between Romania, Ukraine, and Russia at the northern end of the Black Sea?
- A. Sea of Kerch
- B. Danube Delta
- C. Dnieper Estuary
- D. Sea of Azov
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The 'Persian Gulf' is famous for its large reserves of what?
- A. Gold
- B. Diamond
- C. Oil
- D. Silver
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What is the name of the sea between Japan and the Chinese mainland?
- A. Philippine Sea
- B. Sea of Okhotsk
- C. East China Sea
- D. Korean Strait
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What is the name of the sea that was effectively landlocked by Soviet irrigation policies causing one of history's worst environmental disasters?
- A. Syr Darya Sea
- B. Lake Balkhash
- C. Aral Sea
- D. Caspian Sea
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The 'Dead Sea' is located between Jordan and which other country?
- A. Lebanon
- B. Syria
- C. Egypt
- D. Israel
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What is the name of the large body of water surrounded by Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkmenistan?
- A. Lake Baikal
- B. Black Sea
- C. Aral Sea
- D. Caspian Sea
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What is the name of the body of water connecting the Baltic Sea to the North Sea between Denmark and Sweden?
- A. Great Belt
- B. resund
- C. Little Belt
- D. Kattegat
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What is the name of the channel between Tasmania and the Australian mainland?
- A. Arafura Sea
- B. Tasman Sea
- C. Torres Strait
- D. Bass Strait
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What is the name of the sea between Iceland and Scotland?
- A. Greenland Sea
- B. North Sea
- C. Norwegian Sea
- D. Faroe-Shetland Channel
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What is the name of the sea that lies between the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa?
- A. Indian Ocean
- B. Arabian Sea
- C. Gulf of Aden
- D. Bay of Bengal
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What is the name of the warm current that flows southward along the eastern coast of Australia?
- A. Pacific Equatorial Current
- B. East Australian Current
- C. Leeuwin Current
- D. Agulhas Current
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What is the name of the sea between Russia and the northern tip of Japan?
- A. Pacific Ocean
- B. Bering Sea
- C. Sea of Okhotsk
- D. Sea of Japan
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What is the name of the landlocked sea in Central Asia that was the world's fourth largest lake before Soviet irrigation diverted its source rivers?
- A. Aral Sea
- B. Lake Tengiz
- C. Lake Alakol
- D. Lake Balkhash