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Which best describes the way sunlight creates global ocean currents?
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∙ 7y ago
An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of ocean water generated by the forces acting upon this mean flow, such as breaking waves, wind, Coriolis effect,cabbeling, temperature and salinity differences and tides caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 7y agoSunlight warms the equatorial waters more than polar waters. The tropics receive the most sun because of the tilt of the earth's axis. The uneven heating leads to convection.
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∙ 11y agoThey are created from wind and expansion.
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global
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uneven heating of the earth by the sun
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