Surface Currents
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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