Question

What is the total area, depth, and deepest point of the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans?

Answer 1

Instructions:

1. Define the ocean
2. Names of the major oceans
3. Give information about the total area, depth, and deepest point

Solution:
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"The ocean is a huge body of salt water that covers about 71 percent of Earth’s surface". The ocean is divided into five regions: The Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, Arctic, and Antarctic Oceans.

The Pacific Ocean

• Total area: 165.2 lakh square kilometre​
• Average depth: 4280 m.​
• Deepest point: Challenger Deep (11034m)​

Atlantic Ocean

• Total area: 82.4 lakh square kilometre​
• Average depth: 3700 m.​
• Deepest point: Puerto Rico trench (8618 m)