Question

Surface currents are driven by _____.

wind
density
salinity
temperature

Answer 1

Coastal currents are affected by local winds. Surface ocean currents, which occur on the open ocean, are driven by a complex global wind system. To understand the effects of winds on ocean currents, one first needs to understand the Coriolis force and the Ekman spiral.

Answer 2

huh

Answer 3

@sikinder

Answer 4

so it would be wind

Answer 5

The Coriolis effect causes surface ocean currents to _____.

flow in straight lines between the poles
bend and curve around the planet
move more quickly than deep ocean currents
sink toward the ocean floor, then rise again to the surface