GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world’s five ocean basins . A polar bear walks on the frozen surface of the Arctic Ocean. The freezing environment provides a home for a diverse range of creatures. With an area of about 6.1 million square miles, the Arctic Ocean is about 1.5 times as big as the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -Arctic Ocean Smallest and shallowest of the major oceanic areas, the shallowness being caused by the surrounding wide continental shelves (up to 1700 km wide). For much of the year the surface is covered by floating pack-ice.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Sea of Marmara is the smallest true sea in the world. It is only 175 miles (280 km) long and around 50 miles (80 km) wide at its widest point. The total surface area is only 4, 382 square miles (11, 350 square km), with an average depth of 1, 620 ft (494 m) and a maximum depth of 4, 446 ft (1, 355 m) in the centre.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Arctic Ocean is about 5.4 million square miles-about 1.5 times as big as the US-but it is the world’s smallest ocean.

Detailed explanation-5: -The five oceans from smallest to largest are: the Arctic, Southern, Indian, Atlantic and Pacific.