ConcepTest: World Oceans #10

ConcepTest questions by David McConnell , David Steer , Walter Borowski, Jeffrey Dick, Annabelle Foos, Jeffrey Knott, Alvin Konigsberg, Michelle Malone, Heidi McGrew, Kathie Owens, and Stephen Van Horn

This material was originally created for Starting Point:Introductory Geology
and is replicated here as part of the SERC Pedagogic Service.

Question:

Examine the map of the world's oceans and use it to answer the following question.

A shipment of rubber elephants falls overboard in the southern Pacific Ocean at location H on the map. Ocean currents will transport the elephants around the ocean toward ___ next.

a. C
b. G
c. D
d. B

World Ocean Map

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