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Changes in temperature as water flows from one location to another cause it to expand and contract.
This constant expansion and contraction pushes water in other areas in another direction thus causing it to change temperature and continue the cycle.
Tide shifting also has some effect. The tides (shifting of water from lunar gravity) can often initiate shifts in ocean currents. But it is temperature that has the largest effect on a global scale.
Some would say the wind also has some effect, but most of that is the side effect of the wind changing the temperature of an area as it carrys in a hot or cold front. Wind itself is mostly a side effect of temperature change.
In effect, wind is the side effect of temperature change in the air, much like ocean currents are the side effect of temperature change in water.
Temperature changes as the sun passes over various things cause them to expand or contract, this is the base cause of nearly any shifting or flowing of anything on a global scale such as wind and water.
Any other influence is minimal compared to temperature.
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edit note: whoever keeps changing this to just say "wind" has not researched the subject at all.
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What will an object floating in the ocean do?
An object floating in the ocean will be carried by the currents and waves, drifting with the water. Its movement and eventual destination will be determined by the ocean's circulation patterns and wind conditions.
What are the three types of ocean currents?
The three types of ocean currents are surface currents, deep currents, and tidal currents. Surface currents are driven by winds, deep currents are driven by density and temperature differences, and tidal currents are driven by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
How are ocean currents measured?
Ocean currents can be measured using instruments such as current meters, Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs), and drifting buoys. These devices can provide information on the direction, speed, and depth of ocean currents. Remote sensing technologies, such as satellites, can also be used to measure surface currents over broader areas.
Are ocean currents similar to wind currents?
Yes, ocean currents are similar to wind currents in that they both move in specific patterns and directions due to various factors like temperature, pressure, and the Earth's rotation. However, ocean currents are driven by a combination of factors including wind, temperature, salinity, and the shape of the ocean floor, while wind currents are driven primarily by differences in atmospheric pressure.
Do deep ocean currents and surface currents mix?
Deep ocean currents and surface currents do interact and influence each other. While they flow at different depths and have different driving factors (wind for surface currents and density for deep currents), they are connected through the global ocean circulation system. Changes in one can impact the other over time.
Are Ocean currents are determined by algae?
Algae have very little to do with ocean currents, other than the fact that they ride it occasionally.
How are deep ocean currents form?
Cold ocean currents sink under warm ocean currents to form deep ocean currents.
What forms surface ocean currents?
Ocean currents is what forms surface currents. This starts deep in the ocean.
What are the effects of ocean currents?
what are the effects of the ocean currents>
What advantages of ocean currents?
advantage of ocean currents
Are ocean currents predictable?
yes ocean currents are predictable
What are the three types of ocean currents?
The three types of ocean currents are surface currents, deep currents, and tidal currents. Surface currents are driven by winds, deep currents are driven by density and temperature differences, and tidal currents are driven by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
What will an object floating in the ocean do?
An object floating in the ocean will be carried by the currents and waves, drifting with the water. Its movement and eventual destination will be determined by the ocean's circulation patterns and wind conditions.
What are some ways that ocean currents and wind are similar?
They are similar because if you think about it carefully, the ocean currents are caused by the air currents and the air currents are caused by the ocean currents, so, it is all a scientific cycle.
What are causes of the ocean currents?
The two causes of ocean currents are wind and the rotation of the earth(etc) The wind blows which makes the currents in the water and the rotation of the earth(gravity) makes currents in the ocean currents. Luaye Sharawy
What is the relationship between convection currents in the ocean and convection currents in the atmosphere?
Which best explains the relationship between ocean currents and convection currents?(1 point) Responses Convection currents join with the Coriolis effect to create the winds that drive ocean currents. Convection currents join with the Coriolis effect to create the winds that drive ocean currents. Ocean currents rely on warm convection currents to strength the Coriolis effect. Ocean currents rely on warm convection currents to strength the Coriolis effect. Ocean currents create a Coriolis effect that increases convection currents. Ocean currents create a Coriolis effect that increases convection currents. Convection currents use the Coriolis effect to generate ocean currents.
When a submarine expolres the ocean bottom what type of currents affect it?
deep ocean currents.
