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Suface currents form from the wind. The wind can make the surface cold or warm.

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How are suface currents formed?

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What is suface cuurrent?

Not sure what a suface cuurrent is. In deep water, there often are currents that flow in different directions at different depths. A surface current will flow in one direction, near the surface, while there will be a current flowing in the opposite direction deeper down.


How are deep ocean currents form?

Cold ocean currents sink under warm ocean currents to form deep ocean currents.


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What keeps the suface ocean currents moving?

Surface ocean currents are primarily driven by winds and the Earth's rotation. Winds create friction on the surface of the water, causing it to move in the direction of the wind. The Coriolis effect, a result of the Earth's rotation, deflects the moving water to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere, helping to establish the circular patterns of ocean currents.


How Do Deep Currents Form?

Differences in temperature and in density of seawater drive deep ocean currents.


What type of currents form as hot and cool portion of a liquid or gas move?

Convection currents.


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