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What factor causes surface currents north and south of the equator to move in different locations?
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Surface currents are created by air currents, earth's rotation, and positions of the continents.
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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 direction do surface currents near the equator flow?
Ocean currents flow near the equator from the east to west. Ocean currents flow near the poles from west to east.
What is the general motion of surface currents in south of the equator?
counter clockwise
Compare the directions in which surface currents flow near the poles and near the equator?
Sixth grade work..... SMH
What causes global winds and currents to curve in a circular pattern?
The curved paths of global winds and surface currents are caused by warm air near the equator.
How deep are currents and surface currents alike and how are they different?
They are both currents nut have different locations or spots they are from.
What direction do surface currents near the equator?
Ocean currents flow near the equator from the east to west. Ocean currents flow near the poles from west to east.
What type of currents carry cold dense water from the poles toward the equator?
Surface currents
What effect does the earth's rotation have on surface currents?
It causes them to deviate (different directions north and south of the equator) leading to the Coriolis effect.
The surface ocean currents move heat energy away from where?
the equator
What is the general motion of surface currents south of the equator?
Counter clockwise
What direction do most of the surface currents north of the equator move?
The current north of the equator moves clockwise.
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 direction do surface currents near the equator flow?
Ocean currents flow near the equator from the east to west. Ocean currents flow near the poles from west to east.
What is the cause of surface currents?
The circulation of cold and warm water between the poles and the equator, and the rotation of the earth, cause ocean currents to flow.
What are three reasons the Earth heats unevenly?
Air currents, Ocean currents, and the distance from the sun.No it is because of the 23 1/2o tilt of the earthbecause of the air pollution that makes the earth's o-zone layer thinner and the greenhouse gasses that makes the heat of the sun come back in the earthbecause of Earth's spherical shape, different locations on Earth's surface receive different amounts of solar energy. Near the equator, the sun's rays strike the surface most directly. At latitudes farther from the equator the rays strike Earth's surface at lower angles, causing the same amount of solar energy to be spread over a larger area
What are surface curents?
ocean currents that lead away from the equator. Examples: Gulf Stream and Brazil Current
