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What causes cold nutrientrich waters to move up to the oceans surface?

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What causes cold nutrientrich waters move up to the ocean's surface?

Cold nutrient-rich waters move up to the ocean's surface through a process called upwelling, which occurs when winds push surface water away from the coast, allowing deeper water to rise and replace it. This upwelling brings nutrient-rich waters from the deep ocean to the surface, supporting the growth of phytoplankton and driving the marine food web.


What causes cold nutrient-rich waters to move up to the ocean's surface?

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Waters of the ocean that move in giant streams are called?

waters of the ocean that move in giant streams are called currents.


How does upwelling affect the distribution of nutrients of the ocean?

Upwelling brings up tiny ocean organisms, minerals, and other nutrients from the deeper layers of the water. Without this motion, the surface waters of the open ocean would be very scarce in nutrients.


What causes cold nutrient-rich waters to move up to the oceans surface?

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What causes surface currents to move?

Randomism .


What causes water currents?

Surface ocean currents are mainly wind-driven and occur in all of the world's oceans. Examples of large surface currents that move across vast expanses of ocean are the Gulf Stream, the North Atlantic Current, the California Current, the Atlantic South Equatorial Current, and the Westwind Drift. Associated with surface currents are counter-surface and underlying currents. Surface ocean currents are deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere due to the Coriolis effect. The Coriolis effect holds that because the Earth is spinning, surface waters move in a clockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere and in a counterclockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere. The currents eventually come into contact with the continents which deflect them, creating giant oceanic current circles known as gyres. Vertical and ocean-bottom currents are mainly driven by density differences caused by changes in temperature and salinity. Originating in polar regions, cold, salty waters sink to the ocean bottom and move toward the opposite poles where they again surface. Vertical upwelling currents can also be caused by winds "blowing off" a coastline. The displaced waters are then replaced by underlying bottom waters. Currents are important to marine life as they help to move food and nutrients, making them available for photosynthesis, metabolic requirements and/or consumption.


What 2 spheres interact to cause waves in the ocean?

The interaction between the atmosphere (air) and the hydrosphere (water) causes waves in the ocean. Wind transfers energy to the water's surface, creating ripples that evolve into waves as they move across the ocean.


What causes air to move with the earths surface?

convection


How does water move from one place to another?

The surface ocean


What winds move the ocean current?

it causes current waves.