Statistics for Oceans quiz #1

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  • This quiz has been taken 11 times
  • The average score is 5 of 10

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HintAnswer% Correct
What oceanic plate is located off the western coast of South America and shares its name with an ancient Peruvian people?Nazca Plate
100%
This trench, north of the Japanese Island of Hokkaido shares its name with both a peninsula and an island chain.Kuril-Kamchatka Trench
80%
Name this cold current that flows along the Southwestern coast of Africa.Benguela Current
60%
This cold current flows from the Chukchi Peninsula in Russia, then down to the Kamchatka Peninsula. After parrelleling the Kuril Islands, it reaches Japan. Name this current.Oyashio Current
60%
Name this trench in the South Pacific Ocean whose deepest point is known as Horizon Deep.Tonga Trench
60%
This warm current flows from the Gulf of Aden, through the Mozambique channel and to South Africa. Its name is Portuguese for "Needles." Name this current.Agulhas Current
40%
Name this undersea mountain chain that stretches from Hawaii and has its highest point at Mauna Kea.Emperor Seamounts
40%
Name this trench that is caused by the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Indo-Australian Plate and stretches from New Zealand.Kermadec Trench
20%
This zone, in the Earth’s surface, is a long mountainous lineation on the North Pacific seafloor. The zone trends east-northeast for 1,900 miles (3,000 km) from latitude 28° N, longitude 155° W (north of the Hawaiian Islands) to the base of the continental slope off Los Angeles. Name this zone.Murray Fracture Zone
20%
Name this current that parrallels Tasmania's Western Coast.Zeehan Current
20%

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