The broad circulatory patterns of the major surface ocean currents are called ____

a. streamlines
b. gyres
c. eddies
d. Rossby waves
e. jet streams


b

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What will be an ideal response?

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Earth’s magnetic field is strongest at the equator and weakest at the poles

a. True b. False

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