General Physica...

Continental shelf is ___________.

Consider the following statements:
I. Ocean currents are large mass of surface water, that circulate in regular patterns around the oceans.
II. The planetary winds are probably the dominant influence on the flow of ocean currents.
III. The water of high salinity are denser than the water of low salinity.
IV. A land mass always obstructs and diverts an ocean current.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Surface currents in the ocean are primarily caused by ___________.

Which one of the following factors is responsible for change in the regular direction of the ocean currents in the Indian Ocean?

Consider the following statements:
1. Grand bank-Off the New Foundland
2. Dogger bank-North sea
Which of the statements given above is/are true?

Consider the following statements
1. The annual range of temperature is greater in the Pacific Ocean than that in the Atlantic Ocean.
2. The annual range of temperature is greater in the Northern hemisphere than that in the Southern hemisphere.

Which one among the following best explains the reason for the Eastern and Western boundaries of the Pacific Ocean experiencing frequent earthquake?

Which of the following currents is located near the coastline of Philippines and China?

The river bank is weakest where the river turns. This is because water __________.

Which one among the following sequences of water bodies, from lower to higher salinity concentration, is correct?