Question 79

Fill in the blank/s to complete the sentence:
70 percent of the planet is covered ____ ocean.

Solution

Among the options, "with" and "by" are the only suitable ones.

"covered by" is used when the object covering the entity encompasses it so that it is not visible.

"covered with" is used to mention a large portion of an entity covered by an object.

Hence, the answer is option A.

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