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The correct answer is: C. the<\/strong><\/p>\n The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world, covering approximately 46% of the Earth’s surface. It is bounded by the Americas to the west and the Asian and Australian continents to the east. The Pacific Ocean is also home to the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on Earth.<\/p>\n The word “the” is used before the names of oceans, seas, and other large bodies of water. This is because these bodies of water are unique and there is only one of them. For example, we would say “the Pacific Ocean” and not “a Pacific Ocean” or “an Pacific Ocean.”<\/p>\n The words “a” and “an” are used before singular nouns that begin with a consonant sound. For example, we would say “a dog” and “an apple.” However, the word “Pacific” begins with a vowel sound, so we would not use “a” or “an” before it.<\/p>\n Therefore, the correct answer is “the.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [amp_mcq option1=”a” option2=”an” option3=”the” option4=”none of the above” correct=”option3″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[665],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"\n