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What controls ocean currents?
Prevailing Winds.
What are surface currents caused by?
prevailing winds
The energy that creates surface ocean currents comes from prevailing winds?
True
How are local and prevailing winds similar?
local and prevailing winds are similar because they both flow in the same direction?
What is the difference between ocean currents and prevailing winds?
do u thinkk i am crazy or what of couse i wont answer it
How are ocean currents created explain?
Ocean currents are created by the rotation of the Earth, and enhanced by the prevailing winds at the equator which constantly blow west.
Doldrums are characterized by what?
The high solar intensity at equatorial latitudes causes intense heating at the equator, which produces powerful convection currents called Prevailing Winds. The Doldrums are where the prevailing winds at the Equator die.
What factors can influence temperature?
Distance from sea, ocean currents, direction of prevailing winds, proximity to equator.
The name for the wind that blows constantly from the same direction?
It's prevailing Winds
How are global winds and local winds similar?
They both have covection currents and effect the weather
What has the greatest effect on humidity?
prevailing winds
When strong prevailing winds blow offshore what happens to the water and the currents?
Start with this: In the daytime Earth heats up and the general Winds head from offshore to the land; and in the Evenings the Seas are warmer than the land so the general Winds head from land to offshore. All Winds affect water currents.
