Although the global ocean is a single and continuous body of water, geographers divide it into five large areas-the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, ____, and Southern Oceans-separated by the continents.

A. Mediterranean
B. Adriatic
C. Arctic
D. Baltic
E. Aegean


Answer: C

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Earth maintains a constant distance from the Sun as it moves in its orbit.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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