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well to be 100% honest, a surface current is basically a current on the surface. This particular current moves in a stream-like fashion on the surface of the ocean. A surface current can be short, wide, deep, or narrow.
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∙ 11y agoA surface current is a ocean that usually moves only the upper fefw hundred mters of seawater, and a density current is a circulation pattern in the ocean that forms when a mass of more dense seawater sinks beneath less dense seawater.
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∙ 15y agoa current at the surrface of the water cuased by wind
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∙ 12y agoit is waves
May be surface current.
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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
Do deep ocean currents and surface currents mix?
Deep ocean currents and surface currents do meet, but mixing is limited. The waters stratify based on temperatures and salinity. The higher the salinity, the heavier the water.
The Coriolis effect causes surface ocean currents to?
bend and curve
What is the ocean zone where waves and currents mix the water?
the answer is surface zone
What is the surface currents north of the equator are?
Because of the spinning of the Earth, wind and ocean currents closest to the equator will travel straighter. Wind and ocean currents further from the equator will deflect away from the equator.Ê
What is the definition to surface currents?
surface currents are horizontal, steamlike movements of water that are found at or near the surface of the ocean
What forms surface ocean currents?
Ocean currents is what forms surface currents. This starts deep in the ocean.
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 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.
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.
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
What are the steps that shows 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 the sun providing 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 the energy for surface ocean currents?
The steps to how the sun provides the energy for surface ocean currents
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
