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What factor causes surface currents north and south of the equator to move in different locations?
Surface currents are created by air currents, earth's rotation, and positions of the continents.
In what way does ocean water move globally?
Along cold water currents from the poles to the equator.
Do ocean currents move warm air from the equator toward the poles?
Yes
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 are the normal ocean circulation patterns?
The normal circulation patterns of the oceans are from east to west in the north. The circulation reverses in the south moving west to east.
What direction do most of the surface currents north of the equator move?
The current north of the equator moves clockwise.
Where do warm currents move from?
Warm currents move from the equator to the poles, and the cold currents move from the poles to the equator. :D
What factor causes surface currents north and south of the equator to move in different locations?
Surface currents are created by air currents, earth's rotation, and positions of the continents.
Why during the solar eclipse the sun and moon have the same diameter?
What causes currents to move north from the q Equator
Why do currents flow faster at the equator than at the polls?
Because the water is warmer at the equator than at the pole. The warmer ocean water is the faster the currents move and the colder the water is the slow the currents move.
What way does the ocean water move globally?
Along warm water currents from the equator to the poles.
What Causes the wind and surface currents to turn?
The coriolis effect. The spinning of the Earth on it's axis necessarily produces a rotation in wind and water currents on the Earth's surface due to the fact that the equator moves at a faster rate of speed than any points approaching the poles. This creates a counterclockwise rotation of currents in the northern hemisphere and clockwise rotation south of the equator. It also creates a deflection of currents to the right north of the equator and a deflection to the left south of the equator, essentially causing the currents to deflect in a clockwise direction north of the equator and counterclockwise south of the equator (opposite their localized spin). Thus the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic currents around the Atlantic Ocean move clockwise around the ocean, yet hurricanes in the North Atlantic spin counterclockwise locally. Other factors such as change in surface heat (sea/land breezes) and gravity (sun and moon creating tidal currents) also exist.
The surface ocean currents move heat energy away from where?
the equator
In what way does ocean water move globally?
Along cold water currents from the poles to the equator.
How do convection currents affect atmosphere?
convection currents distribute the warm air from the equator towards the north and south pole; they also make the earths crust move causing the earth's crustal features change.
Do ocean currents move warm air from the equator toward the poles?
Yes
How are convection currents affected by the rotation of the earth?
If the Earth did not rotate, convection currents would move in one straight path, from the equator to the North Pole and back again. The rotation of the Earth causes this path to be skewed so that currents move in smaller circles between these areas. This is called the Coriolis Effect.
