Voyage to the bottom of the sea in the Mariana Trench

Q: James Cameron, the filmmaker whose credits include "Avatar" and "Titanic," Sunday piloted a minisubmarine of his own design to the bottom of the Mariana Trench - the deepest point of the world's oceans. The trench is located east of the Mariana Islands, which are south of Japan and north of New Guinea. Can you find this area of ocean on the map?

Circle the area on this map


Q: At the point of Cameron's dive, the Mariana Trench is nearly seven miles below the surface of which ocean?

A. Arctic Ocean

B. Atlantic Ocean

C. Indian Ocean

D. Pacific Ocean

Q: Cameron's voyage is only the second manned expedition to the ocean's deepest depths - the first took place in 1960. But before this voyage Cameron took several dives to shoot movie footage of the Titanic on the bottom of which ocean?

A. Arctic Ocean

B. Atlantic Ocean

C. Indian Ocean

D. Pacific Ocean

Q: The Mariana Trench does not have the seabed closest to the center of the Earth because the planet is not a perfect sphere. The Earth's radius is about 16 miles less at the poles than at the equator. Which ocean would have the seafloor closest to the center of the Earth?

A. Arctic Ocean

B. Atlantic Ocean

C. Indian Ocean

D. Pacific Ocean

Q: The collision of tectonic plates along the trench created the Mariana Islands, which include Guam, Tinian, Rota and Saipan. This archipelago is the territory of which nation?

A. Japan

B. Papau New Guinea

C. Philippines

D. United States


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