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Roughly what fraction of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean?

  • A.about 90 per cent
  • B.about 71 per cent
  • C.about 50 per cent
  • D.about 30 per cent

Answer: B

Correct answer: about 71 per cent

Just over seventy per cent of the surface is ocean, and that dominance drives much of the system: the ocean holds vastly more heat than the atmosphere, absorbs the bulk of the energy imbalance and most of the added carbon dioxide, and supplies the water vapour on which the greenhouse effect and the hydrological cycle depend.

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