(i) Where did a container full of toys fall on 10th January, 1992?

Question

Study the Figure and answer the following questions:

(i) Where did a container full of toys fall on 10th January, 1992?

(ii) Where did some of the toys reach on 16th November, 1992?

(iii) Where did some of the toys reach by the year 2000?

(iv) Where did some of the toys reach by the year 2003?

(v) Where did some of the toys reach by the year 2007?

(vi) Why did the toys travel in this way?

Answer 1

(i) A container full of toys fell near the Hawaii Island on 10th January, 1992.

(ii) Some of the toys reached the coast of Alaska on 16th November, 1992.

(iii) Some of the toys crossed the Bering Strait and reached the Arctic Ocean by the year 2000.

(iv) Some of the toys reached the eastern coast of America by the year 2003.

(v) Some of the toys reached the western coast of continent of Europe by the year 2007.

(vi) The toys travelled in this way due to surface ocean currents and mostly due to deep ocean currents.