Question

Read the following text about the Oceans of the Earth and answer the question.



An ocean is an enormous body of salt water. Oceans cover nearly 71 percent of Earth’s surface. They contain almost 98 percent of all the water on Earth.

How many Oceans in the World?

There are five oceans of the world – the Pacific, the Antarctic or the Southern, the Atlantic, the Arctic and the Indian.

The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world.

Continents are divided by the world oceans. For example, the Pacific Ocean separates Asia and Australia from North and South America.

The Atlantic Ocean separates Europe and Africa from North and South America.

The Indian Ocean is located between Africa, Australia and parts of Asia.

The Southern Ocean or the Antarctic Ocean encircles the continent of Antartica and the Arctic Ocean covers much of the Arctic and reaches North America and Eurasia.

Available at: . Accessed on: Oct. 13th, 2020. (Adapted.)

Vocabulary:
almost = nearly: quase.

Choose the correct alternative according to the text.

The oceans cover

A
nearly 31% of the Earth’s surface.

B
almost 51% of the Earth’s surface.

C
nearly 71% of the Earth’s surface.

D
almost 98% of the Earth’s surface

Answer 1

Resposta:

C

Explicação:

Answer 2

C) Nearly 71% of the Earth's Surface, em média 71% da superfície da terra