Which statement is incorrect?

Which statement is incorrect?

• A. The Panama Canal connects Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
• B. The Atlas Mountains are located in Africa.
• C. Rome lasted about 1000 years.
• D. The Pacific Ocean is the smallest ocean.

Answer: (D)

Understanding the relative sizes of Earth's oceans helps sort statements about geography. The Pacific Ocean is the largest, covering about 63.8 million square miles (around 165 million square kilometers). The Arctic Ocean is the smallest, at about 5.4 million square miles (roughly 14 million square kilometers). Therefore, saying the Pacific Ocean is the smallest is not correct. The Panama Canal does connect the Atlantic and Pacific; the Atlas Mountains are in Africa; and Rome lasted roughly a thousand years, depending on how you count its beginning and end.

Understanding the relative sizes of Earth's oceans helps sort statements about geography. The Pacific Ocean is the largest, covering about 63.8 million square miles (around 165 million square kilometers). The Arctic Ocean is the smallest, at about 5.4 million square miles (roughly 14 million square kilometers). Therefore, saying the Pacific Ocean is the smallest is not correct. The Panama Canal does connect the Atlantic and Pacific; the Atlas Mountains are in Africa; and Rome lasted roughly a thousand years, depending on how you count its beginning and end.