Surface Currents

What affects surface currents?

Continental deflection, Coriolis effect, and Global winds

What is a Surface current

Currents made by wind that appear at or near the surface of a current

What's deep currents?

Movements of ocean water far below the surface

What are ocean currents?

Stream like movements of water

What source powers currents

The Sun

What's Convection currents?

The movement of water that results from density differences.

What is upwelling?

The process when wind blows warm water away from the shore, causing the water to be cold.

What's density?

a measure of the mass of a substance divided by its volume.

What does ocean currents release in the atmosphere?

energy

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What's salinity?

the amount of salt dissolved in water