Water, Water - the Elixir of Life Quiz

Answer: Pacific Ocean

According to the National Ocean Service, the oldest rock in the Pacific Ocean dates back about 200 million years. The Pacific is also the largest ocean on earth covering about 1/3 of the earth's surface.

Answer: The Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle has mysteriously led to the disappearance of many ships and airplanes. On December 28, 1948, a civilian passenger plane flying from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Miami, FL disappeared without a trace. However, disappearances actually do not occur with greater frequency in the Bermuda Triangle than in any other comparable region of the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer: Southern (Antarctic) Ocean

Although the Southern Ocean is younger than the Arctic Ocean it is slightly bigger. For geographical reasons we have divvied up what is actually one world ocean into five oceans.

Answer: barachois

A barachois (the word is a mixture of French and Basque) is a type of shallow lagoon. They provide shelter from the elements making them ideal for beaches, marinas, and other water related activities.

Answer: strait

Since straits are often one of the few entryways into a body of water, control of a strait gives a country great strategic importance, particularly when it comes to dominance in the shipping industry. Straits vary widely in size, for example: Denmark Strait and the Strait of Gibraltar.

Answer: lake

The Dead Sea is actually a lake, located in southern Israel at the lowest point on earth. It is so salty that it contains no fish or other animal life. The salinity is so dense that it is impossible to dive.

Answer: estuary

Many plant and animal species, particularly fish, require this brackish water for their nursery grounds. This makes estuaries vital for a number of ecosystems.

Answer: It has no land boundaries

While all other seas in the world are defined at least in part by land boundaries, the Sargasso Sea is defined only by ocean currents. The Gulf Stream establishes the Sargasso Sea's western boundary, while the Sea is further defined to the north by the North Atlantic Current, to the east by the Canary Current, and to the south by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current.

The Sargasso Sea is named for a type of seaweed, sargassum, that grows on top of the water.

Answer: The Bay of Bengal

The Bay of Bengal is more than a 1,000 miles long. Most bays are found along coastal regions, however large lakes can also have bays.

Answer: inside glaciers

According to the U.S. Geological Society, approximately 68.7% of the world's freshwater is stored inside glaciers, ice sheets, and ice caps. Approximately 30.1% of the earth's freshwater is groundwater, such as aquifers. That means just 1.2% of all freshwater is surface water, such as in lakes and rivers.