Ocean currents

What affects surface currents?

Continental deflections, Coriolis Effect, and Global winds

What is the movement of ocean water far below the surface?

Deep currents

What is upwelling?

When deep water rises and brings nutrients to the surface

What is another name for thermohaline circulation?

global conveyer belt

What form does ocean currents transport energy in the form of?

heat

What happens when currents meet a continent?

it changes direction

What are streamlike movements of water in the ocean

ocean currents

What is the major source of energy to the ocean currents?

sun

What are streamlike movements of water that occur near the surface and is moved by the wind

surface currents

What is the density of the ocean water affected by?

temperature and salinity

What is deep ocean currents that are driven by differences in the waters density?

thermohaline circulation

What controls Surface currents?

wind