Match each of the following statements with the type of ocean current it best describes.12

.Surface Currents

.Deep Ocean Currents

Serves to move nutrients, oxygen and carbon dioxide in the ocean environment

Created primarily by moving wind combined with the rotation of the earth

Distribute or concentrate debris and garbage within the ocean basins

Moves very slowly (centimeters per second) through the major oceans in a winding loop called the Global Conveyor Belt

Also called thermohaline currents

Five subcircular systems called gyres

10% of ocean water to a depth greater than 100m is moved in these currents

Currents driven by differences in water density caused by temperature and salinity variations

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