Surface currents in the ocean are the continuous movements of water found at the surface to just a few feet below, these currents are generated by the planet's prevailing winds-which are a direct result of the Sun's radiation and Earth's rotation.
Surface ocean currents are caused by winds. As wind blows across the surface, the wind pulls the water and causes waves.
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The gravitation pull on the earth.
A surface current is a current caused by wind direction
Ocean currents is what forms surface currents. This starts deep in the ocean.
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The Earth rotating and its tilt of the axis forms the oceans' tides and currents.
Surface currents in the ocean are the continuous movements of water found at the surface to just a few feet below, these currents are generated by the planet's prevailing winds-which are a direct result of the Sun's radiation and Earth's rotation.
Ocean currents are dure to a cobination of wind, the Corilis effect, and temperature differences.
Convection is the process that causes warm air to rise and cold air to sink. As such, the winds caused by this process are called convection currents.
The sun causes currents in the ocean because it is warming the water in the ocean in the day while it is hot, and then in the night when the sun goes down, the ocean starts to cool. Since the air above the water is warmer than in the water, this causes the water to rise up to the warmth until it gets cooled by the night, or from rain. This is what created movement and currents in the ocean from the sun.
The moon particularly takes place in ocean as long as for the way to are the oceans are winding.