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Wind and ocean currents are primarily driven by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface by the sun, which creates differences in air and water temperature. These temperature gradients result in variations in density and pressure, leading to the movement of air (wind) and water. Additionally, the Coriolis effect, caused by the Earth's rotation, influences the direction of these currents, while factors like the Earth's topography and the shape of Coastlines further modify their patterns.
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What primarily drives the surface ocean currents?
The driving force behind surface currents is the wind. The wind happens naturally due to the constant rotating of the Earth.
Describe the force that drives most surface currents?
Wind
What force between the ocean the wind causes surface currents?
Ocean currents are dure to a cobination of wind, the Corilis effect, and temperature differences.
What is responsible for the uneven heating drives wind and ocean currents from day to day?
Earth's tilt
What force between the ocean and wind causes surface currents?
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A force between the ocean and the wind causes what type surface currents?
friction
What are the two main factors that influence ocean currents?
The two main factors that influence ocean currents are wind and the Earth's rotation. Wind drives surface currents by exerting force on the water, while the Coriolis effect, resulting from the Earth's rotation, causes these currents to curve rather than flow in a straight line. Additionally, differences in water density due to temperature and salinity variations can also influence deeper ocean currents, contributing to the overall movement of ocean water.
What drives ocean currents?
Ocean currents are primarily driven by a combination of wind, temperature, salinity, and the Earth's rotation (Coriolis effect). The wind plays a significant role in creating surface currents, while differences in temperature and salinity drive deeper currents through processes like thermohaline circulation. The Coriolis effect influences the direction of ocean currents based on the Earth's rotation.
What is responsible for the uneven heating tha drives wind and ocean currents from day to day?
Earth's tilt
What are the two causes of ocean currents?
The heating of the ocean surface by the sun is the PRIMARY source of energy that drives the ocean currents. How and where they move is dependent on the spinning of the earth, wind patterns and the positions of the continents and oceans and the cool polar areas. In effect the ocean current transfer (solar) heat form the tropics to the poles and even out the temperature variations across the planet. winds, gravity, and water density are factors that move ocean currents.
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
Which wind drives equatorial currents?
trade winds... :)
