Salinity Quiz

Question 1. Which one of the following salts contributes maximum to the salinity of sea water?

(A) Sodium chloride

(B) Magnesium sulphate

(C) Magnesium chloride

(D) Calcium sulphate

Question 2. The highest salinity is found in_______.

(A) Lake Van in Turkey

(B) Great Salt Lake in U.S.A.

(C) Red Sea

(D) Dead Sea

Question 3. Which one of the following denotes water salinity gradient?

(A) Chemocline

(B) Pycnocline

(C) Halocline

(D) Thermocline

Question 4. Main source of Salinity of the Sea is_____.

(A) Ash ejected from the Volcano

(B) Wind

(C) Land

(D) Rivers

Question 5. The highest amount of salinity is found in_______.

(A) Dead Sea

(B) Mediterranean Sea

(C) Indian Ocean

(D) Pacific Ocean

Question 6. Water of which one of the following sea is most saline?

(A) Red Sea

(B) Dead Sea

(C) Black Sea

(D) Baltic Sea

Question 7. World’s most saline Ocean/Lake is______.

(A) Lake Van

(B) Dead Sea

(C) Great Salt Lake

(D) Caspian Sea

Question 8. Which of the following Sea has the highest salinity?

(A) Dead Sea

(B) Red Sea

(C) Mediterranean Sea

(D) Caspian Sea

Question 9. Which of the following seas has the highest average salinity?

(A) Dead Sea

(B) Mediterranean Sea

(C) Yellow Sea

(D) Black Sea

Question 10. When density in the sea increases, then_______.

(A) Salinity decreases and depth increases

(B) Both salinity and depth increases

(C) Salinity increases but depth decreases

(D) Salinity and depth decreases

Question 11. Where is Great Salt lake located?

(A) Turkey

(B) India

(C) U.S.A.

(D) Iran

Question 12. Average salinity of water of Arabian Sea is_______.

(A) 55 ppt

(B) 45 ppt

(C) 35 ppt

(D) 25 ppt