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Ocean Currents
Unit 1 Lesson 3
Question | Answer |
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Ocean Current | Stream like movements of water on the ocean. |
Surface Current | An ocean current that occurs on the surface of the ocean. |
Deep Current | Current that occurs deep below the surface of the ocean. |
Convection Current | Movement of water caused by differences in density. |
Upwelling | Currents that move away from a shoreline where cold water comes to surface to replace the warm surface water. |
Coriolis Effect | The deflection of moving objects away from a straight line. |