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What are streamlike movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean called?
currents
What would happen to the ocean currents if the Earth suddenly stopped rotating on its axis?
If the Earth suddenly stopped rotating on its axis, the ocean currents would be greatly disrupted. The rotation of the Earth plays a significant role in creating and maintaining ocean currents. Without the rotation, the currents would likely slow down or even stop altogether, leading to significant changes in ocean circulation patterns and potentially causing disruptions to marine ecosystems.
What are the two purposes of ocean currents?
Ocean currents have been created with the purpose of distributing heat (and cold) on earth. This has effects on the weather, which would be very different if the ocean waters were somehow static.
What would happen to earth climates if all ocean currents and global winds stopped?
it would be more hot and the ocean would be warmer or coller
How would surface currents be affected if earth did not rotate?
I don not know
Why are the earth's winds and ocean currents important to life on the planet?
There are many different forces that create ocean currents. Among them are: the earth's rotation, salinity differences, wind, density differences, and buoyant forces. Temperature differences can create some of these differences, but we would have ocean currents even if the oceans were a uniform temperature.
What map would be used to depict the speed and direction of ocean currents?
A current map, or ocean current map, would be used to depict the speed and direction of ocean currents. These maps illustrate the movement of surface ocean water across regions and are important for understanding ocean circulation patterns.
Surface currents are set in motion by the?
Surface currents are set in motion by a combination of factors such as wind, the Earth's rotation (Coriolis effect), and differences in water density due to temperature and salinity variations. These factors create a complex system of ocean currents that circulate water around the globe.
What would happen to earth's climate if all currents and global winds stopped?
it would be more hot and the ocean would be warmer or coller
How do convection currents distribute heat in the oceans?
Convection currents in the oceans distribute heat by transferring warm water from the equator towards the poles and cold water from the poles towards the equator. This process helps regulate global temperature patterns and redistributes heat throughout the ocean, influencing weather patterns and climate.
If there were no land on Earth's surface what would the pattern of surface currents look like?
Most of the ocean currents are affected by global winds and the Coriolis effect, which states that the apparent curving of the path from an otherwise straight path is due to the Earth's rotation. The movement of the ocean currents are also affected by the continents: because of global winds and the Coriolis effect, most of the ocean currents want to move a different way than they actually are because they are deflected off of the continents. An example is the South Equatorial Current and the Benguela Current flowing in a circular motion in between the east coast of South America and the West Coast of Africa. If these continents ceased to exist, the directions of the currents would change, based on the global winds in that area and the Coriolis Effect.
Moving water parallel to Earth's surface?
That would be a current, such as a river or ocean current.
