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

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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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