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Oceans have a constant heating and cooling cycle to maintain the Earth's temperature. They absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere which reduces the temperature. They all emit heat that is absorbed from sunlight increasing the temperature.
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They help to transport heat energy from low latitudes, where the Earth is warmed by the Sun, to high latitudes, where the Earth's surface loses heat to outer space.
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∙ 11y agoSurface ocean currents carry heat from place to place in the Earth system. This affects regional climates.
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∙ 8y agoThey help to transport heat energy from low latitudes, where the Earth is warmed by the Sun, to high latitudes, where the Earth's surface loses heat to outer space.
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∙ 9y agoby moving water
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How are ocean currents measured?
In the unit that they measure ocean currents.
In what way does ocean water move globally?
Along cold water currents from the poles to the equator.
What are the three types of ocean currents?
There are only two type of Ocean Currents: 1. Surface Currents- 10% of the water in the ocean 2. Deep Water Currents- 90% of the water in the ocean
How are ocean currents like wind currents?
they are both currents.
How do ocean currents affect precipitation?
The answer is from earth.rice.edu/MTPE/hydro/hydrosphere/topics/Ocean_Atm_Circ_ElNino.html Ocean temperatures and winds are coupled into a complex interactive system. Varying ocean temperatures affect local atmospheric pressure, which creates regional wind patterns that, in turn, drive oceanic currents that affect surface ocean temperatures. This movie illuminates how these processes interact to produce our climate system. In a way, the oceans absorb the suns solar rays, then the currents shift the heat around the globe warming the land during winter & cooling them during the summer.
Do winds carry ocean water around the globe?
yes
Explain how heat energy carried by ocean currents influences climate?
The ocean currents carry it ................................................if i knew I wouldn't tell you suckers ;)
What do the ocean currents transport?
Ocean currents will carry anything from small plankton accross ocean to helping other marine life find warmer or colder waters. to ocean currents can also help guide ships across bodies of water. the ocean currents will also redistribute the density in the ocean water.
How do ocean surface currents cause milder climates?
Ocean currents can carry warm water. As they are traveling, the warm water they are carrying warms up the air near them. The warmed air may then also warm the land around it, making the temperature of the land near the ocean currents milder.
What is the difference between ocean current and rip current?
Ocean currents are currents that move across the globe from one temperature zone to another. Rip currents are localized currents caused by a combination of tides and waves agains the shore line where the water is shallow.
Why do currents play an important role in ocean organisms reproduction?
Because they carry food and chemicles around so that other animals can survive.
How do plants use ocean currents?
ocean plants use the current to carry their seeds though the water.
What carries cold and warm ocean water around the world?
Currents
How do ocean surfaces cause milder climate?
Ocean currents can carry warm water. As they are traveling, the warm water they are carrying warms up the air near them. The warmed air may then also warm the land around it, making the temperature of the land near the ocean currents milder.
What is the region where both winds and ocean currents flow unimpeded around the world is?
What is the region where both winds and ocean currents flow unimpeded around the world SOUTHERN
How are deep ocean currents form?
Cold ocean currents sink under warm ocean currents to form deep ocean currents.
What forms surface ocean currents?
Ocean currents is what forms surface currents. This starts deep in the ocean.
