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The energy that drives the movement of the water
Lesly Jaskolski
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∙ 14y agoSurface currents depend on temperature and wind which is in the atmosphere but deep water currents do not as it occurs under water
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What is the primary difference between surface currents and deep currents?
Compare and contrast surface currents and deep currents. They are both are moving water that flows through oceans. Surface currents are towards the top of the ocean, can be warm or cold, and are controlled by winds. Deep currents are low, deep in the ocean, cold, and are controlled by density.
What is the difference between waves and currents?
when the surface of the sea is distributed, waves are produced. waves are seen moving on the surface of water but actually their movement is not extensive and the movement of water from one part of the ocean to another gives rise to currents.
What is the Difference between drift and ocean current?
ocean currents can be warm or cold.they are streams of water flowing constantlyon the ocean surface.
Are thermohaline currents surface or deep water currents?
deepwater currents
What is a good sentence for surface currents?
Surface currents can be very fast on water.
What are three major surface currents?
They are surface currents, deep water currents. One moves water on the surface the other moves deep water.
The wind stirs up currents?
Surface
What is the difference between deep ocean currents and surface 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 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 definition to surface currents?
surface currents are horizontal, steamlike movements of water that are found at or near the surface of the ocean
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 is the most movement of water on the ocean's surface?
Surface Currents.
