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The driving force behind surface currents is the wind. The wind happens naturally due to the constant rotating of the Earth.
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∙ 12y agobecause the bylacital currents form from rapid air combustion turn about 6.5 knots per millisecond causing the surface ocean currents
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∙ 11y agowin drives surface ocean currents
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What Surface ocean currents are primarily formed by?
winds
What forms surface ocean currents?
Ocean currents is what forms surface currents. This starts deep in the ocean.
What drives ocean currents?
wind
What drives winds and ocean currents?
- the unequal heating of Earth's surface (that is the exact answer out of my Biology book....hope it helped)
What type of current is caused by wind on the oceans surface?
Surface ocean currents are caused by winds. As wind blows across the surface, the wind pulls the water and causes waves.
What is difference between surface currents and deep currents?
Deep ocean currents are in the depths of the oceans. Surface current are at the surface, not deep down. Deep ocean currents bring vitamins and nutrients to the shore, surface currents do not. Deep ocean currents are caused by salinity and temperature differences. Surface currents are cause by the force and impact of the wind.
What is the difference between surface currents and deep currents?
Deep ocean currents are in the depths of the oceans. Surface current are at the surface, not deep down. Deep ocean currents bring vitamins and nutrients to the shore, surface currents do not. Deep ocean currents are caused by salinity and temperature differences. Surface currents are cause by the force and impact of the wind.
Surface currents are driven by what?
by the currents under it, if you have watches Finding Nemo (ARR) they go in the EAC East Atlantic Current, on the surface of this current, there is a similar current, although it is not as fast or as strong as Underwater in the eac.
What are deep ocean currents primarily driven by?
Temperature differences in water
The rising of cold currents to the ocean surface is called?
The rising of the deep cold currents to the ocean surface is called
What are the steps for how the sun provides the energy for surface ocean currents?
The steps to how the sun provides the energy for surface ocean currents
What are the steps that show how the sun provides energy for surface ocean currents?
The steps to how the sun provides the energy for surface ocean currents
