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10 Questions: Bodies of Water Multiple Choice Quiz | Geography

A quiz about various waterforms around the world. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by BG07. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
BG07

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
255,436

Updated
Apr 02 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
4172

Last 3 plays: Guest 206 (3/10), Guest 136 (9/10), Guest 73 (4/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the sea that is north of the Bering Strait? Hint

Bering Sea

Chukchi Sea

Kara Sea

Baffin Bay

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of the river that flows through Lisbon, Portugal? Hint

Danube

Tiber

Tagus

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Question 3 of 10

3. What are the two straits that connect the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea respectively? Hint

Bering and Hormuz

Malacca and Bass

Bab-El-Mandeb and Gibraltar

Bosporus and Dardanelles

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Nile River flows southward.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the name of the large lake in Cambodia that changes greatly in size during the monsoon seasons? Hint

Lake Baikal

Lake Onega

Caspian Sea

Tonle Sap

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the name of the large lake in South America that is the world's highest navigable lake? Hint

Lake Erie

Lake Maracaibo

Lake Titicaca

Lake Nicaragua

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Question 7 of 10

7. There are flowing rivers on the continent of Antarctica.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the name of the sea within the Atlantic Ocean that has a unique type of seaweed used in many products including toothpaste? Hint

Gulf of Guinea

Greenland Sea

Sargasso Sea

Beaufort Sea

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Question 9 of 10

9. What are the two rivers that used to flow into the Aral Sea but have been diverted for economic and agricultural use? Hint

Huang He and Yangtze

Tigris and Euphrates

Volga and Vena

Amu Darya and Syr Darya

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Question 10 of 10

10. What river has the world's second largest water-flow capacity after the Amazon? Hint

Huang He

Mississippi

Nile

Congo

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the sea that is north of the Bering Strait?

Answer: Chukchi Sea

The Bering Sea is located below the Bering Strait, the Kara Sea is north of Russia and Baffin Bay is located in northeastern Canada.

2. What is the name of the river that flows through Lisbon, Portugal?

Answer: Tagus

The Tagus river originates in the country of Spain, and flows westward through Portugal to the Atlantic Ocean.

3. What are the two straits that connect the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea respectively?

Answer: Bosporus and Dardanelles

The Bering Strait is between Russia and Alaska. The Strait of Hormuz separates the Arabian Peninsula from Iran. The Bab-El-Mandeb is between the Horn of Africa and Yemen and the Strait of Gibraltar separates Morocco from Spain. The Strait of Malacca is between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra, and the Bass Strait separates Australia from Tasmania.

4. The Nile River flows southward.

Answer: False

The Nile river is one of world's few major rivers that flows northward.

5. What is the name of the large lake in Cambodia that changes greatly in size during the monsoon seasons?

Answer: Tonle Sap

The Tonle Sap is unique because the Mekong River which feeds it reverses flow during monsoon seasons.

6. What is the name of the large lake in South America that is the world's highest navigable lake?

Answer: Lake Titicaca

Native peoples that live around the lake build houses and boats made from reeds that grow along the lake.

7. There are flowing rivers on the continent of Antarctica.

Answer: True

As strange as it may seem, there are flowing rivers on the continent of Antarctica, but they are under the surface of the ice.

8. What is the name of the sea within the Atlantic Ocean that has a unique type of seaweed used in many products including toothpaste?

Answer: Sargasso Sea

The Sargasso Sea is the north-central Atlantic across from New England in the United States in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

9. What are the two rivers that used to flow into the Aral Sea but have been diverted for economic and agricultural use?

Answer: Amu Darya and Syr Darya

The Huang He and Yangtze Rivers are in China. The Volga and Vena rivers are in Russia and the Tigris and Euphrates River are in the Middle East around/in Iraq.

10. What river has the world's second largest water-flow capacity after the Amazon?

Answer: Congo

The Congo which is in Africa is also home to the world's second largest rainforest which bears the same name.

Source: Author BG07

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