Ocean currents at the SURFACE -- their primary cause is SOLAR ENERGY. Due to solar energy, much of the wind pattern originates and this wind pattern in turn causes ocean currents on the surface.
Wind energy because the wind is the only thing that can move in the atmosphere.
Heating from the sun
the sun and water and buttholes
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The heating of the ocean surface by the sun is the PRIMARY source of energy that drives the ocean currents. How and where they move is dependent on the spinning of the earth, wind patterns and the positions of the continents and oceans and the cool polar areas. In effect the ocean current transfer (solar) heat form the tropics to the poles and even out the temperature variations across the planet. winds, gravity, and water density are factors that move ocean currents.
Wind and ocean currents are the two primary factors.
they distribute solar energy
In the unit that they measure ocean currents.
The immediate source of most energy moving ocean currents is wind. The ultimate source of this energy is the sun.
the primary source of ocean currents is the sun but other direct energy sources are1. global wind patternsa. trade windsb. the westerly winds*wind is the cause of surface currents in the oceans.
It doesn't come all from one source. The energy come from wind, earth's rotation and ocean currents
Vertical convection in both the ocean and atmosphere is caused by uneven HEATing.The source of energy for convection in the ocean and atmosphere is heating from the sun.
air movements, storms, and ocean currentsthe primary ways that heat energy is transferred are air movement,storms,and ocean currents.
Vertical convection in both the ocean and atmosphere is caused by uneven HEATing.The source of energy for convection in the ocean and atmosphere is heating from the sun.
air movements, storms, and ocean currents
The steps to how the sun provides the energy for surface ocean currents
ocean currents transfer energy and climate through the sun and the ocean tide. they also transfer heat and oxygen through water currents.
The steps to how the sun provides the energy for surface ocean currents
The steps to how the sun provides the energy for surface ocean currents
The steps to how the sun provides the energy for surface ocean currents