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The top is warmed by the sun's rays. Warm water is less dense than cold water so if floats on top. As water cools it sinks to lower levels...until it reaches the bottom.
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Is a surface current warmer or colder?
a surface current is warmer becasuse it isn't near the bottom of the ocean its near the top so it gets more heat
How is the oceans temp different?
At the top of the ocean, or Sunlit, It is warmer because the top of the ocean the sun is closer then it is to the twilight,dark,abyss, and trenches zone. At the bottom of the ocean, or Trenches, It is colder because the sun can not reach that low in the ocean better then it can the Sunlit zone.
What is the bottom of the ocean like?
The bottom of the ocean is colder. The sun heats the top of the ocean first and then heats lower. In a nutshell, the top of the ocean is warmer and the deeper you go the colder.
What is the antonym of bottom of the ocean?
Top of the ocean
Antonym of the bottom of the ocean?
Top of the ocean
What is the top of the bottom of the ocean?
The ocean floor
Does a clown fish live on the bottom of the ocean?
Clown fish live at the bottom of the sea in sheltered reefs or in shallow lagoons. They live in the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean
In winter which part of the water is warmer the top or bottom?
Bottom, because cold water is denser.
Are shrimp larvae found at the top or bottom of the ocean?
bottom
How does ocean temperature with ocean depth?
The sun is not as close to the bottom of the ocean as it is at the top.
What is the opposite of the ocean bottom?
The opposite of bottom would be the top, so the oceans surface is the opposite of the ocean floor/bottom.
Is the prime meridian on the top or bottom of the equator?
It goes from the top of the globe to the bottom from about the Atlantic Ocean.
