What direction do the trade winds blow? Is this direction a constant? How do the trade winds influence ocean circulation?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The trade winds blow from the east toward the west. Although the direction is constant, the intensity of the winds is subject to change. Because wind blowing over the oceans produces surface ocean currents, when the trade winds slacken so do the surface ocean currents.

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A) natural consequences of the law of universal gravitation. B) seriously in error. C) actually only three of seven distinct laws of planetary motion. D) the key to proving that Earth orbits our Sun.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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