The primary purpose served by surface ocean currents is to:

A) help dissipate excess energy received at the poles during their periods of 24-hour daylight.
B) equalize climate impacts felt on opposite sides of the same continent.
C) transfer heat and equalize the imbalance of energy between the poles and the equator.
D) drive atmospheric wind patterns.


C

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