GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

OCEANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Ocean is the largest and deepest?
A
Arctic Ocean
B
Indian Ocean
C
Pacific Ocean
D
Atlantic Ocean
E
Antarctic Ocean
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the world ocean basins. Covering approximately 63 million square miles and containing more than half of the free water on Earth, the Pacific is by far the largest of the world’s ocean basins. All of the world’s continents could fit into the Pacific basin.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Mariana Trench, in the Pacific Ocean, is the deepest location on Earth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Subduction is the reason for the utmost depths of the seas and oceans, Subduction means in the mantle of the Earth when one colliding tectonic plate goes down, this is the reason for the depth of the Pacific Ocean.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Pacific Ocean basin is by far the largest and deepest ocean basin on the planet. It covers almost 30% of Earth’s surface and roughly 46% of the water surface, with 165, 250, 000 square km (63, 800, 000 sq.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Pacific Ocean is a body of salt water extending from the Antarctic region in the south to the Arctic in the north and lying between the continents of Asia and Australia on the west and North America and South America on the east.

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