Ocean Currents

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What affects the density of water?

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Salt and Temperature

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When surface currents meet continents they ___?

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Are deflected (change paths)

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Two types of ocean currents are

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surface and deep

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What are a circular system of currents in the Earth's major oceans?

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gyre

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The warm, strong current off the coast of Florida is the: Gulf Stream, California Current, North Equatorial Current, Brazil Current

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Gulf Stream

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Ocean currents move energy in the form of

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Heat

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Ocean currents bring warm water from the equator towards Earth's

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Poles

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Salinity

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The salt content of a substance

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What heats the Earth's oceans?

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sun

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What causes deep ocean currents?

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density differences