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The wind stirs up currents?
Surface
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 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 cause surface currents?
Wind!
Does the moon's gravity cause waves and currents?
yes
What is the ocean zone where waves and currents mix the water?
the answer is surface zone
Surface waves cause rock to move?
Surface waves cause rock to move in a circular path.
What happen when surface currents meet a continent?
you get waves not tidal waves or tsunami's! You just get waves. how big they get would depend on air currents and storms
What is the cause of waves currents and tides?
the wind and shifting of the earth.
What is the cause of most surface currents?
Density
What happens when a surface meets a continent?
you get waves not tidal waves or tsunami's! You just get waves. how big they get would depend on air currents and storms
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.
